School: Kilmessan (B.) (roll number 4210)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian S. Pléimeann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0691, Page 096
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- About two miles from where I live there is a townland called Milltown. In one of the fields there is a mound. This mound is said to be enchanted and that there are fairies living in it. They are sometimes heard playing music and dancing. One night a woman was going home when she heard a game of football going on at the foot of the mound. She looked out through the hedge and saw a crowd of fairies playing football. They caught sight of the woman and they disappeared. Of course the people told her she only imagined it.
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- Collector
- Martin Keary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinter, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Keary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinter, Co. Meath
