School: Lios Tuathail Buachaillí

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1. Fairy Forts (continued)

   

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   and hit John and he became a cripple and he died soon after.

   

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2. Fairy Forts

   

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   My mother Mrs Collins said that when she was going to school, Mrs Donohue died and her child had a dog and when this woman died the dog was given to my mothers father. The first night the dog was in the house the child was making a show crying and my mothers father had the dog tied up with a rope and went to bed then. When he got up the next morning the dog was gone and my grandfather went tot he house and brought back the dog again and tied him with a fine strong rope to th kitchen door and the rope was cut again and the third night the dog was brought back. My grandfather put the bolt in the and put a handle of a spade up to the door and he stayed up all night and he said that the door was pushed in and a

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
         1. fairy forts (~5,616)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Donal Collins

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mrs Collins

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   38

   Address

   Listowel, Co. Kerry