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School: Tamhnach, Inis

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Toonagh, Co. Clare
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Proinnsias Gordún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 133

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    of everything - of the crops, the cattle, even the people. They are very good to the people because everyone has a brother or sister or nephew or someone else in the fairies.
    Tisn't right to interfere with a tree in a fort or any tree you didn't plant - especially an old tree or a whitethorn by itself in a field.
    Collected by Proinnsias o Gorduin O.S.
    From Thomas MacKee, aged 65 of Fountain, Ennos
    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
    Proinnsias Ó Gordúin
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Informant
    Thomas Mac Kee
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Fountain, Co. Clare