School: Ballymartle (roll number 7361)
- Location:
- Ballymartle, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Patrick Kelleher
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- (continued from previous page)not interfere with the fairies they did not harm him, for it is said that if the fairies are left alone they will not harm anybody.3.
There is another fort in my district. It is in Mr Crowley's land and it is situated in a field near the road. It is a big round hole, about 11 ft in circumference. There are wire and posts all around it. Long ago it is said there were some stones found in the fort. These stones were small round ones with writing on them. Some men took the stones for building a house, and when they were putting the stones on the wall of the house, one of the stones fell down off the wall, as the man was picking up a trowel and it broke his hand.4.
So, people say, that it is unlucky to have anything to do with forts. In another case, there was a fort with trees growing around it and one day a man went to cut a tree for firing for his home; As he was cutting the tree it fell down on him and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Batty Walsh
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Glinny, Co. Cork
- Informant
- David Walsh
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glinny, Co. Cork
