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School: Gabhailín (Golden), Cashel (roll number 7820)

Location:
Golden, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0576, Page 260

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  1. The Fairy Fort

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    There was once upon a time an old fort about which alot of strange stories are told. Beside this fort a farmer had a filed of potatoes.
    One day he sent his six men out digging the potatoes. They had a good lot dug at dinner-time. The men went over to the ditch to eat their dinner. All of a sudden they saw six women wearing cloaks and hoods coming out from the fort.
    They came and started picking the potatoes into their aprons. The men left them alone and they stayed picking for ten minutes or so. When they were finished, back with them again and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Vera Fay
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloghleigh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Fay
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Cloghleigh, Co. Tipperary