School: Breaffy (roll number 15555)
- Location:
- Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 334
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- (continued from previous page)A lot of people are afraid to pass by the liosanna at a late hour. It is said that fairies used to dwell in them.
Once upon a time, there was a man digging a fort and as he dug the last sod, smoke came up. The man went away, and he never visited that fort again. It is said that there were houses built in them so as to protect them from the robbers. No one likes to interfere with them, as they say that fairies live in them. Long ago there(continues on next page)
