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School: Ráithíní (Rehins)

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Rahans, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máirtín Ó Longáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 22

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    About 200 yards north of the Ballinahaglish grave-yard there stands a house in which my cousin John Foody is living. Beside this house there is a stable, which was used as a house about 96 years ago. The man who occupied it was Seán More. He was a very supple man. He could run as fast as a hare, and cut a nail made by a blacksmith with his teeth.
    At dusk one evening a little cripple man went from a "fairy fort" to Seán's house. This "fort" is about 200 yards north of John Foody's house. Seán cut a bush in this "fort" a few days before the little man visited him.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Winnifred Foody
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballynahaglish, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Foody
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynahaglish, Co. Mayo