School: Scropul, Mullach (roll number 8241)

Location:
Drummin, Co. Clare
Teacher:
M. Ó Callanáin
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    A Story.
    A long time ago there lived in the parish of Kilrush a man who would never believe that there were such people in the world as fairies.His land was situated near a farm of land in which there was a fort.One day he was making fences around his land. he needed some bushes ,he had lots of them in his own land but that didn't do him ,he went to cut the bushes around the fort.His next door neighbour came and warned him that it wasn't right to interfere with a fort.The man was very stubborn and and went on cutting the bushes but when he was nearly finished ,one of the bushes hit his hand and picked his finger.He couldn't do any more work that day,he had such a pain in his hand.he went to bed that night in pain.Next day he went into Hospital
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Patrick Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrownagry South, Co. Clare