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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 407

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1000, Page 407

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    with him. When he was about to mount the horse he saw a number of wild cats. They gathered around him but he mounted the horse and rode home. He looked back to see was his dog coming, When he looked back he saw the cats fighting with the dog.
    The next morning he went back to the place where they were fighting he saw the bones of the dog without any flesh on them. The Irish are supposed to have built these forts when they were fighting with the Danes. When they would see the Danes coming they would sign to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English