School: Newtownmanor (roll number 4905)
- Location:
- Newtownmanor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Mac Néill (Nelson)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0199, Page 234
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- In this locality there are a great many fairy forts. It is thought in this locality that chieftains lived in them long ago. They are circular in shape and and there is a boundary round most of them. There is a fort on our hill and I will relate a story about it. There was a widow living in my townland long ago. She had one son, one cow and one calf. It appears that the cow died, as the woman thought, and the calf was left without milk but the woman got some from neighbours to keep him alive. One morning her son rose to go to work before day-break. He went to see the calf before he left and when he went he saw a cow coming towards the calf and the calf suckled her. Then she went back quickly and into the fort. The son informed the priest about it and the priest told(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John J. Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
