JoAnne, I was told a different but kind of similar story by a retired Guard. The highway was to be built over an old cemetary. Although the road was wide (for Ireland) and straight, there were more accidents in that area than in the surrounding areas. My Aunt told me they would never cut down a fairy tree in a field, but would plow around it. She definitely believed in fairies. Leesa ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jfloe@aol.com> To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 1:00 PM Subject: Re: [BEARA] New Ring of Beara blog "fairies" >I enjoyed this site as well as Riobard's stories, it brings up a question > about fairies. While in Ireland a few years ago I asked an Irishman if he > believed in fairies, did he believe they really existed - his answer was > yes! He > then related a story about a "fairy fort." I don't remember his exact > words but > to paraphrase he told the story of a highway being built. If the highway > was constructed according to plans it would pass over a fairy fort, he > said > that would bring great misfortune, a fairy fort should never be disturbed. > Accordingly the highway was constructed but detoured around the fairy > fort. Could > anyone out there enlighten me? > > JoAnne > > > > **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion > blog, > plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. > (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >