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School: Corr-Shaileach (roll number 12208)

Location:
Corsallagh, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0172, Page 071

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    it, she stabbed the graip in the pig and the pig went mad, howling and ran, and ran to Swinford. Bael Acha ná Muice in Irish. While the witch at home in her hut got so mad that the dirt she had piled up she put a charm over it and turned it into a mountain at once and that is why it is called Muckelty the "Sty of the Pig".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Ó Grady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonacool, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    D.C. Devine
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Tobercurry, Co. Sligo