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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 149

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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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patty Clarke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sandpits, Co. Dublin
    Informant
    Mr Clarke
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sandpits, Co. Dublin