School: Knocktoosh, Ráthluirc (roll number 12786)
- Location:
- Knocktoosh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghruagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 088
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“There is an old fort not far from my house.”
There's an Old Fort not far from my house. It is said that there were lots of fairies there long ago. It is said that a man was coming home from a fair one day and he was drunk, he went home by a short way through the fields, he crossed beside a Fort and heard beautiful singing. After a while he saw a light on the path leading to his home he followed it for about 100 yards then it dissapeared, he looked behind him and he saw a crowd of fairies with big sticks, then he began to run and they ran after him. They caught him and told him not to disturb them if he did they would(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Curtin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockearagh, Co. Cork