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Kealid, Co. Kerry
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Máire Ní Cheallacháin
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    In a certain part of the County Limerick there is a fairy fort in the middle of a large field. Some years ago a number of men were reaping the wheat in the same field. The dinner was brought out in the field to the men and they went to a fence near by to eat it; when all of a sudden a number of women came out of the fort and started to bind the wheat and when they had a share bound they took it with them into the fort. The men were very much frightened and did not interfere with them. When they went to work again not a single sheaf was missing.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Gortdromagownagh, Co. Kerry