School: Lios an Chochaill (roll number 5462)
- Location:
- Lisacoghil, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Liongain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 164
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- (continued from previous page)milk one of my cows. So every day for one whole Summer the best cow in the field was milked day.Lisinaw fort: Once a man was cutting rushes in Lisinaw fort which he required to thatch his house. The man who owned the farm told the other not to cut the rushes in a certain place. The rushes in a certain place. The rushes in the fort middle of the fort were exceptionally good, so the man decided to cut there. He thatched his house with them but next morning when he got up he saw no thatch on it. After this nobody cut rushes in the fort.Altavra fort - Once a man named Hugh Flynn was coming home from a fair in Manorhamilton and he had two animals with him. As he was coming up through the fort he saw four fairies sitting round a big fire making shoes. The man became afraid so he ran home as quickly as he could. When he reached a meadow a number of big weeds growing together were shaking with(continues on next page)
