School: Carrowreagh (roll number 15220)
- Location:
- Carrowreagh, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Elizabeth Benson
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- (continued from previous page)them but was one short of the number. He counted them again and was one short still. He went in search of the lost one as he though and searched for quite a while. He went back again and counted them again and still there was one missing. "Well," says he "I'll count them again. He did and he had them all. From the fort he heard laughing and shouting and a voice saying "You fool! You fool."
There was also a man working in a field near this fort and on the mound he saw a little boy sitting under a lonely bush which is growing on it. He wore a brown suit and was very tiny. The man went towards him but had to go into a dyke to get across but when he het up and looked again the little fellow was gon.
This fort that is in Carrowneagh has another story connected with it. Two school children Patrick Coen and Micheal Gannon pupils of a Mr.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Peter O' Brien
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Sligo
