School: Irishtown
- Location:
- Milltown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Margaret McNally
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Forts
Near my house there are two forts in sight of one another. Both of them are surrounded by stone and both are round and of the same size.
If a person had money in his pocket and walked into one of them on November night he would lose it but if he went early the next morning he would find it under a round stone that is in the center of the fort.
In both of these forts there are two holes covered by stones and it is said that there is money in them. One night a man lost some there and he never went back to look for it.
Twice a year red lights are seen in the forts but only men can see them.
- Collector
- Phyllis Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Irishtown, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballintue, Co. Westmeath
