School: Colthurst, Ráth Cúil
- Location:
- Rathcool, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)Tim Leader. Some man went to level this fort but his mouth was turned back to his ear. But some priest cured it for him.
There is a fort in the farm of John Fitz Patrick. It has no special name. There was never anything seen there.
Elbow Lane is supposed to be haunted. There were a few ghosts seen there. One night people were passing in a motor-car and they did not know the road. The driver saw the ghost and then they all saw him. He was half a goat and half a man.
There is a fort in the land of Mr. Kelleher who lives in Cockhill in Millstreet parish Co. Cork. This fort is big and surrounded by a fence of earth in which there is one gap. There is one fairy(continues on next page)
