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School: Toomore (roll number 16401)

Location:
Toomore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 178

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    There was once a young man & woman to be married on a Sunday but the woman died before the marriage day, & of course the man was very sorrowful. On th evening of she died he was coming to the corpse house, when suddenly he heard a great noise & next he saw a beautiful girl coming towards him. He thought at first it was the girl he was to be married to, but the wasn't sure as he thought she wouldn't be there & her dead. She spoke to him & asked him if he thought as much about her dead as whn she was alive. He said he did & she then
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eibhlín Ní Mhóráin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Toomore, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Seán Ó Móráin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Toomore, Co. Mayo