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School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)

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Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 157

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  1. The Enchanted Lake (continued)

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    About seven years after falling into it, two fairies caught a hold of him by the arm, and brought him to the top of the water, and threw him out on the land.
    The fairies told him, that if he would tell anyone where he was, they would bring him back again, and keep him in the lake for ever.
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  2. A Fort

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    There is a fort in Frael, about four or five fields from my house, and the man who owns it, is Smith. One day this man was digging a hole in this fort to bury a calf.
    At that time a man dressed in red clothes came
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Mac Evoy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghalattafraal, Co. Cavan