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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 149

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  1. The Moat

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    About quater of a mile from Porterstown road there is a field called the Moat field in the centre of which is a Moat It is surrounded by bushes and it is supposed to be the home of the faries.
    There was an old man who passed the Moat used to say that if he passed at twelve o'clock the faries caught him and rode him round the moate until daybreak
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Porterstown, Co. Dublin
    Collector
    Patricia Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Occupation
    Pupil
    Informant
    Mr Clarke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male

  2. The Moat

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    Nearby there is a hill called Silver Hill supposed to be the home of the Leprechaun and the old people used to try catch him for his crock of Silver and that is how the place got its
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