School: Ballincor
- Location:
- Ballincor Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mrs Julia Liffey
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 179
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- There is a fort on Madden's farm in Ballylina Borrisokane. AT the entrance into the fort there is said to be a strange animal minding it. Local people who saw this animal say it is like a cat with a steel tail. A long time ago there was a boy about the age of 12 coming home from a neighbour's house at night. As he was passing the fort he got a prod of a thorn in his leg. After that his leg never grew any longer and when he was a big man he had one short leg. There was also a girl of the Maddens taken by the fairies of this fort. When she grew to be a woman she was no bigger than a girl of nine but she had a woman's head.
- Collector
- Thomas White
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Edward White
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Cloghmoyle, Co. Offaly
