School: Carrowan (roll number 9577)
- Location:
- Carrowen, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh Mac Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 89
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- (continued from previous page)on sunday. There were labour given for goods also because there were no money.
- There are not many fairy forts in this district. There are not very well in view at present. There are not many a stone walls built round them. When the people belonging to them went to plough harrow and now the seeds they never went in to the fairy forts because the could not get in to them. There were horses, cows, calves, goats, sheep and many others seen in them. There were strange music, and strange lights saw seen in them also. There were many stories told about them the old people told(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowen, Co. Donegal
