Questions about the Danes in Ireland
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Reference code
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FOL.QUES/42
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Questions about the Danes in Ireland
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Scope and content
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1. Are there any monuments in your area associated with the Danes or bearing such names as Danes Fort or The Danes' Cast?
2. Are there any sites or monuments in your area associated with the Picts?
3. If so, are there any stories known to you explaining this association?
4. Do you know of any tales of strange drinks brewed by Danes, the recipes of which they might perhaps wish to keep secret?
5. Have you ever heard of the word Lochlann, except as part of a person's name?
6. If so, what sort of person might this word describe?
7. From where might such a person come?
8. Are there any sites in your area associated with fairies?
9. If so, do you know any stories of people having seen the fairies there, or of people being forbidden to go there at certain times, or to do certain things there?
10. Do you know of any other stories of people having seen fairies or ghosts in your locality?
11. Do you know of any tales concerning the history of your locality?
12. If so, are they known to everyone, or are they told by a particular person?
13. Do you know of any other tales told about or to explain certain strange features of the landscape in your area?