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School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)

Location:
Cooloo, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 325

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  1. Seanscéal (continued)

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    not to eat it because it was some of the man which was in the 'lios'. She threw the meat in a hole and then she believed the fairies.
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  2. Mo Cheantar Féin

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    My native village is Cloonkill which means the meadow of the wood. It is so called because it was surrounded by large woods long ago, but they are mostly all cut down nowadays. The remaining part is very good pasture and meadow land.
    There were only fourteen houses in my village long ago, but the population has increased since and there are twenty two houses in it now. The ruins of two old houses are still to be seen in
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Cloonkeen Oughter, Co. Galway
    Collector
    Bríghid Nic Loclainn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Mrs Honor Mc Loughlin
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74
    Address
    Cloonkeen Oughter, Co. Galway