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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Cill Ruis

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Kilrush, Co. Clare
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An tSiúr Pól
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 038

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  1. Fairy Forts (continued)

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    It is also supposed to be very unlucky to plough in a fort or to sow anything in them but it is alright to save hay in them.
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  2. Fairy Forts

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    There is a fort in Carufree [?] and there is a story attached to it. One day a man was walking on the field near it when to his great surprise he saw a little man with a red cap and suit and buckled shoes. The little man told him not to go near the fort or if he did he would be killed. The man did not believe him and that night he went to the Fort and nobody being there he went in through a gap in the hedge. But [?]
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joan Howard
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilrush, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr Howard
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilrush, Co. Clare