School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)
- Location:
- Boyle, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 141
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“There are no forts of any importance in my district.”
(continued from previous page)on this pass, and when he had spent a few hundred pounds on it, it was thrown during the night, and he was forced to rebuild it again. He has never had any luck in the house.
One day there was a man named Jim McDermott going home from town. He had some tea in his pocket and as he was passing the fort, the fairies led him astray. As he was passing the lake he heard the fairies shouting, "Jim mind your tea". After a long time, he searched his pockets but could find no tea.
He thought of what the fairies had shouted after him, "Jim mind your tea." This fort is circular in shape and is surrounded by bushes.
- Informant
- Miss B. Butler
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrylow, Co. Roscommon