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1. Rath Muragan (continued)

   

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   but go back to Ballyknock.
   And she got drunk from poteen punch and the truth I do declare
   She said she'd rather be hung or drowned
   Than to get her tail cut off.
   When Máirtín Mór heard this he decided to go to the Fort and find out where his mare was. At about two o' clock the fairies came to him and he asked them to tell him where she was. The fairies told him that they stole her on account of his letting her eat the grass that was in the Fort called Rath Muragan. Then they made him promise that his mare would never to near the Fort again. He said she never would if they would tell him where she was. Then they told him to go back to Ballyknock before the dawn of day and that he would get her. He did so and brought her home before any one was up next morning.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nora Jordan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killerduff, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Michael Langan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Killerduff, Co. Mayo