School: Ryefield
- Location:
- Ryefield, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ida Carnew
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 364
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- There is a field adjoining our lawn and in it there is said to have been a fort. The mark of the foundation is still to be seen. Old people tell us that about eighty years ago the fairies came out and danced around in a ring for a few minutes in the moonlight.
It is said that one night there was a terrible storm and the wind blew the fort down and the fairies fled. There was a man living in that district who took the stones to build a wall and every night the wall fell until he had to load(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Vida Strong
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Callanfree House, Co. Cavan
