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School: Robertson (roll number 13372)

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Ballintra, Co. Donegal
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Somhairle Mac Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 115

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    mayflowers on their door steps to keep the fairies away.
    One man had a cow and it was a rambling cow. He put a chain round her horns and leg and the fairies took it off and kept it. Soon the man went to look for it and he saw it at a fairy fort near Drumholm graveyard. When he asked for it, it was flung it round his legs.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Arthur Goodwin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bridgetown, Co. Donegal