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School: Coill Sailighe (roll number 4855)

Location:
Kilsallagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Ghiobáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138, Page 267

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  1. Strong Men (continued)

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    swimmer. Peter Gill was also a good swimmer. Patrick Gannon Kilsallagh was a good swimmer. He swam for timber. Patrick Foy was one day out swimming. The tide was just standing. The other men were outside him. Patrick would be dashed against a rock. But for he swam out against a wave. When the other men came in they did not know what had happened until he told them.
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  2. November's Night

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    On Novembers night people used to play tricks. The woman of the house would get an apple and she would get ten straight pins. She would stick nine of them in the apple and throw one away. Who ever would put the apple under their head in bed would dream of the one they would get
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Halloween (~934)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Gannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilsallagh Lower, Co. Mayo