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School: Murher (C.) (roll number 13541)

Location:
Murher, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chonaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0404, Page 302

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    There is a fort in the parish of Athea in a field belonging to the Ahern's. One day they got two horses to plough up the field. When the horses began to plough they got stuck in the ground and when they came up their
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    English
    Informant
    Maurice Walshe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Leitrim East, Co. Kerry

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    was going to knock the fence around the fort. He got no reply and he asked the question a second and a third time and as he got no reply to any of his questions he said "Silence gives consent". So he knocked the fence and got his money and he never heard from the fairies again.
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