School: Leaca (roll number 8765)
- Location:
- Lackagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: S. Ní Chormaic
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- On the top of Corrinchago hill there is a fort called Corrinchago fort. The people who owned this farm often say that they still hear the fairies sing and dance to fairy music. Here is a story told to a woman who lives in the farm presently and who says she remembers the day of this happening.
She is 80 years old on 1st Jan '38. Her father had about 3 acres of flax beside Corrinchago Lake. This day they had a boon of lovely boys and girls pulling the flax. She was only a girl of 5 years of age at the time. Her mother and two neighbour women were cooking the dinner for the flax pullers which consisted at that(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Anne Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 81
- Address
- Corrinshigo, Co. Monaghan
