School: Moate or Moyvoughley (?)
- Location:
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: -
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 145
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- Local Fairy Forts and Kings,
The old people of this District Hall Moate, believe in the fairies and there are many old forts. One is a fairy fort in father Mahon's field in Moneen, also in Mahon's field in Ballinamudda. There is a fort at the back of Campbell's house in Ballinamudda, and a fairy ring in Dolan's field in Baltrasna, also in Belton's lawn in Riverpark. There is a fort above in Walsh's of Hall and people people believe that fairies there still.
A story is told of a child of a year old who lived there. One night the fairies came in great crowds. They went into a house and were about to take a child.
"Hand her to me" said a fellow in green.
"No" said a fairy in blue. "Hand her here".
So they kept on arguing until a man passing by called out "Give her to me".
So the fairies had to give up the child to the man who brought her to safety.
There is also a story told of a cow(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Berry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moate, Co. Westmeath
