Update: I asked my friend and apparently the anecdote came from her own personal experience talking to people in Ireland, and then she later read that this was a common response.
I found the papers she cited for her presentation, here they are:
A New Solution of the Fairy Problem Author(s): David MacRitchie Source: The Celtic Review, Vol. 6, No. 22 (Oct., 1909), pp. 160-176 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30070215
Ringforts or Fairy Homes: Oral Understandings and the Practice of Archaeology in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Ireland Author(s): Máirín Ní Cheallaigh Source: International Journal of Historical Archaeology , June 2012, Vol. 16, No. 2, Archaeology, Memory, and Oral Tradition (June 2012), pp. 367-384 Published by: Springer Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23258947
Unfortunately I've not had time to read these even though I'd really love to. If you're interested but need help accessing the articles, the Hub of Science is available on the internet.
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I found the papers she cited for her presentation, here they are:
A New Solution of the Fairy Problem
Author(s): David MacRitchie
Source: The Celtic Review, Vol. 6, No. 22 (Oct., 1909), pp. 160-176
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30070215
Ringforts or Fairy Homes: Oral Understandings and the Practice of Archaeology in
Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Ireland
Author(s): Máirín Ní Cheallaigh
Source: International Journal of Historical Archaeology , June 2012, Vol. 16, No. 2,
Archaeology, Memory, and Oral Tradition (June 2012), pp. 367-384
Published by: Springer
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/23258947
Unfortunately I've not had time to read these even though I'd really love to. If you're interested but need help accessing the articles, the Hub of Science is available on the internet.
--Janusz