School: St. Brendan's (C.), Blennerville

Location:
Blennerville, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Mhuircheartaigh
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Mrs Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    60
    Address
    Blennerville, Co. Kerry
  2. One day there were a couple of girls going to school, and they had to pass a fort. An old woman came out of the fort and called one of the little girls and brought her in, and the old woman put her rocking the child. When evening came
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