School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)

Location:
Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 225

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    They say that it is not right to interfere with forts, because it is there the fairies live, a lot of things are seen and heard in forts.
    There was a man passing a for one day, and he heard the music inside the ditch, he went up in the ditch, and he looked in, and what he saw was fairies dancing around and some of them were playing music and they were dressed in beautiful dresses.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English