School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)
- Location:
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)because the year was bad and the turf got wet in the bog. So they cut some of the trees that were growing around the fort. About a week after they cut the trees, the two men were struck sick with fever and one of them died as a result of it.
One day a tramp man came to the farm house and asked for alms which were given to him. The woman of the house told him about their misfortune. Then he told her that it was because they cut the trees that were growing around the fort it all happened.
- One night a farmer was going home from a wedding under the influence of drink. On his way home he had to pass a fort. As he was passing he heard music and singing in the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Diarmuid Ó Cruimín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Seafield, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr Donovan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Seafield, Co. Cork
