School: Beann-chorr (roll number 13808)
- Location:
- Banagher, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Hairt
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- (continued from previous page)their clothes. On one occasion a Lacken man who was a sailor on board a mechantman trading between Ireland and the Contenent and who always prayed to Saint Cummin to protect him in all dangers, took the clay to sea with him.
On one very stormy night in mid ocean a rope essential to the ship's safety snapped, causing consternation among the crew. The captain said the rope must be spliced or replaced by another to get it in working order.
To splice a rope on a stormy night in the rigging of a ship is well nigh(continues on next page)- Collector
- Martin Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlenageeha, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Joseph Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Castlenageeha, Co. Mayo