School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 202

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  1. In olden days people believed that the fairies lived in raths. There are three raths near Donard - one in Foxglen, one in Kilbaylet and one in Broomfields. You can see two raheens out of the one you stand in.
    There is a stone in Neills' "raheen", Kilbaylet, with five or six holes in it. Every year, on All Souls' Night, two of these holes are scooped and cleaned out as if they were freshly chizled. There is a woman, dressed in white, wearing a "canopy" over her head, seen going into it on the same night.
    One night, Mrs Tunstell went to milk a cow for Mr Ellis. When she had milked, a very
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seamus Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Patrick Rogers
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow