The Cromlech. Forts etc.
Nobody livin’ now, of course, knows how this Cromlech came to be here. Some old people say ‘twas a race of giants fixed this great big stone on the “small” ones. They say a great king or prince or leader of the giants is buried around here.
Of course, the stone was a lot bigger than ‘tis now. The weather an’ everything has it wore away.
There – a long time ago, before people came to know what it was, or that ‘twas any good – a crowd of young lads lit a bone-fire on it, and the hate of the fire made this crack here.
‘Twas a lot longer than ‘tis now anyway. I suppose the point of it was on this stone out here – for it looks like ‘twas three-cornered.
From a section marked Ballyhahill / Teenakilla in the Main Manuscript Collection of folklore online at Duchas.ie, collected in 1939.
