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School: Gurteen, Ballymahon

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Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
F. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0751, Page 127

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    There are three fairy forts in my district namely our own, James Gerety's and J Mulvihill's. Our own and James Gerety's are in view of each other. There is a mound of earth round each of them & there are wells in the middle of them. One time about 50 years ago two men were ploughing near James Gerety's fort and they saw a churn dash in the ditch & they heard a voice saying. "Put a wedge in that" so they put the wedge in it & they went off ploughing again. When they came up to the fort again they saw a table laid with a lot of things namely bread, butter scons (sic) currant bread and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pauline Gerety
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
    Informant
    James Gerety
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford