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   “There is a road leading down to the Lower Rd. that is called the Woolie corner...”

   

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   There is a road leading down to the Lower Rd. that is called the Woollie corner and at the top of the road there is a green patch of grass under which sheep's wool was buried and that is called the Woollie Corner.

   

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   “My Great Grandfather Larry went into the moat field and as he did a ball came up to him.”

   

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   My Great Grandfather Larry went into the moat field and as he did a ball came up to him. He kicked it to the far end of the field. He was caught around the legs by fairies and he asked them what did they mean, so they said he had kicked their ball and they were going to punish him. One said "what will we do with him", so they said "Well saddle the horse for Larryo". The next thing he found himself on a white horse without any saddle, he was just hanging on to the mane the horse raced round and round the field and when he stopped, my uncle fell to the ground and his hair

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Fagan

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Sandpits, Co. Dublin

   Informant

   Mr Fagan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Sandpits, Co. Dublin