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School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 288

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    as there was no room in the farmyard he had to build it in a field nearby. Now this was the field through which the fairies had their path. One morning he was coming in with an armful of hay and found to his amazement that the back wall had been knocked down. It was the fairies who had knocked it down because it was built on their path He built it up again that day but it was knocked down again next morning. He then decided on putting a door in the back wall. This he did and ever since the wall was never knocked down. It is believed that the fairies pass through this house at night on their way from rath to rath.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Perkins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Merginstown, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Mr Joseph Perkins
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Mullycagh Lower, Co. Wicklow