School: Castleterra
- Location:
- Castleterra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Ciosóig
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- Fairy Fort
Written by Maary Ann Hennessy Corravary Castletara Cavan
Collect from Mrs Hennessy Corravary Castletara CavanI heard of a fort in Aghagoldrick. aghagoldrick is in the parish of Laragh. The fort is in a feild. There are four ditches around it. There are whins and bushes growing on the ditches. There are fairies in this fort. The fairies were playing on the ditches one morning when a woman was passing by
There was a lone bush growing in the fort. One day a woman was passing the fort and a fairy was sitting under the bush. She meant to catch him. There was a cow in the feild. The woman turned around and looked at the cow. When she turned back the fairy was gone.
Another old woman was passing and a wee fairy was sitting under a bush. He was dressed in a red jacket and a blue hat. He was smoking a pipe. The woman went into the fort the nest evening and found a sixpence(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Ann Hennessy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corravarry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Hennessy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corravarry, Co. Cavan
