School: Doora, Cuinche

Location:
Deerpark, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Cáit Diolún
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    My father told me a story about a big field that is at the back of my aunt's house.

    My father told me a story about a big field that is at the back of my aunt's house There is fort in it and they call it the fort field
    One night about twelve o'clock he went out to see the sheep and on coming home he saw a black and white dog which ran after him When he was going in home the dog spoke to him and said that a man wanted him
    When he went back he saw a man sitting on a rock He said to him that two of the sheep were dead When he went to see were they dead he could not find them He came back and told the man He told him that he would get them at the back of the fort He went to the back of the fort but he only found one of them He told the man he only found one of them The man went and got the other one When he was going he
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    P. Fahey
    Address
    Deerpark, Co. Clare