School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 216
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“There was a rath in Tuarthan where the fairies lived long ago.”
There was a rath in Tuarthan where the fairies lived long ago. They played in the rath every day. Some of the people used t come everyday to watch them playing. The men wore red jackets and the wemon were dressed in white. The wemon came out every day to knit in the ditches and the men stayed inside playing among themselves in the rath. The people around were afraid to go near them. They stayed there for a time and then they went and no one(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mairin Kilmartin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- The Derries, Co. Laois