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School: Ceathrú Gabhann (C.) (roll number 14229)

Location:
Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Caitlín Bean Uí Shioradáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 135

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  1. A Magic Woman (continued)

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    going out through the window, and one day they asked her where she used to be going and she said to the "good people". After a few years she died, and there was no more of her seen after that.
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    “Long ago there lived a family of the Noughtans in a field near a fort, and the name of this field was Tom na gcath.”

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    Long ago there lived a family of the Noughtans in a field near a fort, and the name of this field was Tom na Gcath. It was supposed that the wild cats used to harbour there in olden times. The way this family used to live was making churns, noggins, wooden dashes, and pails. They lived all alone, the nearest houses was half a mile from them. They used to make churns and noggins for the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Nicholas
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toocananagh, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Annie Kelly
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female