School: Cnocán Mhichíl Naofa (Clochar)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 246
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- There is a fort in my district. It is situated in a field, with small white thorn trees growing around in clumps. There are several hillocks, and small caves in it. On one occasion a man cut one of those trees and after that he got sick, and never got his health again. Another time a woman who was washing clothes, hung them out to dry, but suddenly all the clothes flew up in the sky, and fell again a few hundred yard's away. The fort is left untilled, for the person who owns it is afraid to till it. In a house near the fort a man died, and on the night of the wake, some people were returning home late they heard fairy music. They listened only for a few minutes, and they got so much afraid that they ran home.
- Collector
- Teresa Walshe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballynew, Co. Mayo
