School: Corracharra (roll number 16407)

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1. Fairy Forts (continued)

   

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   and did not return until almost day-break. This went on for quite a long time until one night he decided to follow his companion in order to see where he went. He followed him on, and on till he found him doing referee in a foot-ball match between two teams of fairies. The story goes that the fairies saw the other man, and chased the referee for his life.
   We have already told the story of the little woman meeting the men ploughing below the fort and looking for tools wherewith to fix her churn. Tradition does not name the fort at which this took place.
   A man in this district once told me the following story as having happened to himself - firmly believes it to be the truth, and no amount of persuasion or argument could chase him from the belief. He was going home one night and his road passed near to where there was a fort - that is Lisnadarra. When he passed a certain spot he found as he thought a very heavy pull on his coat tail - much like as if the coat had got so heavy that he could not carry it. This became so heavy as to become unbearable and he could not move a step.
   He looked around and there were what

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Oilibh Ní Mhathghamhna

   Gender

   Female