School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)

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   The fort is full of bushes and in the centre of the bushes there is a deep well. People are afraid to go near the well. If they stood near the water they would get drowned. The Ban-Side was heard crying in the fort. It is said that if a person spoke passing the fort they would hear something whispering the wrrd Death.

   

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   There are many forts in the neighbourhood. People believed long ago that fairies dwelt in these forts. In Mr Michael Shea's field in Fermoyle is a fort, a round field closed in with a ditch. The late Mr Thomas Shea was mowing a meadow in a field beside the fort. As he was passing by the fort he heard terrible hammering and he looked in. He saw a party fairies trying to fix a churn. He told them to throw it and that he would fix it. He went away, and when he came back the churn was there outside the fort.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Sheila Kenny

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford

   Informant

   John Kenny

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Formoyle (Newcomen), Co. Longford