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Milltown, Co. Westmeath
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Margaret McNally
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 165

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    Folklore
    Fort
    About half a mile from our house their is a fort called "Liss na muice". It is in the middle of a big fiend and is surrounded by thorny bushes. In the middle of it there is a lone bush. The bush is called "sgeach na muice" and it is said that every night at twelve o'clock a black pig comes from under the the bush and runs round all the land of Kilmacnevin. The old people say that it was foretold that as a sign of the end of the world the black pig will run by daylight and that the first to see him will wither away with fright.
    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
    Marcella Keogh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Kilmacnevan, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mary Murdach
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Laragh, Co. Westmeath