School: Aghadachor (Aghador)

Location:
Aghadachor, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire T. Ní Bhréasláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1078, Page 51

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    the water and others rub themselves with it. They bring home water and put it on themselves before going to bed. There are no fish in the well.
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  2. There are two forts in the HIll up at the Cushlan. They are called the Forts of the Mountain. They are round shaped. There is a hare which goes into one of them and he cannot be caught. It is said that the fairies live in them. A lot of people saw lights and heard singing in them at night.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. robbers (~423)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anthony Gillespie
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cashel, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Manus Breslin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Droim Miasan, Co. Donegal
  3. There is an old fort in a field of Mandy McGettigans. This field is called Dunnin. The fort is round and there is a fence round it. People say that it was the fairies who made it. The sound of a fiddle was often heard from it early in the morning. There was a light often seen at it and on one moonlight night two men were seen fighting near it.
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