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School: Baile an Bhile (B.) (roll number 12195)

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Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
John F. Higgins
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    command. Soon the ship was filled with salt and it sank and all the people aboard were drowned. But the mill kept grinding and it is said that that was how salt came to be in the sea. The tiny man was supposed to be a devil and it was said that it was the Black Friar's curse on the ground wherever the woman walked that caused the downfall of Mayo Abbey.
    Story from: - Thomas Murphy, Keebagh, Brickens, Claremorris.
    Collector: - John Finn, Cuiltycreaghan, Brickens, Claremorris
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0565: The Magic Mill
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Keebagh, Co. Mayo