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School: Collon (B.) (roll number 14578)

Location:
Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:
B. Mac Searraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0677, Page 017

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  1. Fairy Forts (continued)

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    never truble you again. They did, and the fairies never came near them again.
    told by Mrs Donegan
    Ardee St.
    Collon
    Co Louth
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Fairy Forts

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    No 4
    Near Collon three men were building a house near a fort called Cruckanalios. They had the walls half built. The next morning when they came to work they found the walls was gone.
    The next morning it was the same. It was said that they were building the house on the faries pass. One day a boy was sent to the same fort for cows he stodd on a stray sod and he was found in Navan the next morning, and Navan
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Pat Johnson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenmore, Co. Louth