School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 18_011

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  1. In a field near my home there is a lone bush. All round the bush is a trench. In Winter this trench is full of water. The bush is surrounded then and no one can get near it. Some bad luck befalls a person who touch such bushes. One day a man cut down one and the weg jumped out of it and hurted his leg and arm, and broke a bogey which he was carrying it on. Another man who burned one all his hair fell out.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Seán de Fréins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Mr Edward Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare