School: Béal Átha Gearr

Location:
Ballygar, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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    and he asked the bailiff to reinstate them back again but he refused. He said "as long as they are out let them stay so". Then the landlord asked him if he would take the sin on himself and he accepted it. Then the people wen to Barnacurragh and other places.
    When the bailiff died the hearse came to bear away him remains the horses stood stock still and would not move until the priest came and he put in an old mule who was always kicking before that instead of one of the horses, and he moved away with the hearse and corpse.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní Fhéinneadha
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Barnacurra, Co. Galway