School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)

Location:
Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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  1. In a field in Mullymux [?] (Kedean's) there is a big stone standing in the middle of a field. It is roughly six feet high and about fourteen" broad. It is said that a giant was carrrying three of them. He left one at Raphcroghan [?], one in Mullymux and the third in Stonepark.
    In Gilleran's field Mullymux there are marks of horse's hooves. No grass grows and the belief is that a horse jumpted from there to Fairymount.
    There is a fort adjacent to my house and it is said there were fairies there long ago. Many people said they heard music but could see nobody. There is a cave in this fort. The present owners of the land built a shed there long ago but it was thrown down in the night.
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