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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

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Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
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Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 204

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    had no butter. The woman said, You have one, with a cloth over it, in the room." This was right. Mrs Reilly gave it to her with fear. The woman brought it back in two weeks' time, but Mrs Reilly would not take it, and the woman went back to the rath.
    Every rath in this part of the country is circular in shape. Usually the rath is guarded by a mound, and inside this mound are trees. The owners never interfere with them because they think something would happen if they did.
    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
    Seamus Rogers
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Patrick Rogers
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Donard, Co. Wicklow