School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 222
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- (continued from previous page)district of Ramonan and the people say it was made by the Normans. It is called a Rath; and it is like a big ring. There is a fence of earth around it, and there is an entrance going into it.
There is a big stone in the middle of the fort, and nobody can lift it.
Once upon a time there were two men going home from a play, and they heard singing in the fort; then they said, that it was the fairies.
- The games that are played around my district of Ballyjamesduff are; marbles, Hop - Scotch, and hide and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
