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School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0065, Page 390

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    used to come up from Lough borrib to the grave yard and eat the dead bodies. Once there was a corpse buried in the grave yard, the mother of a young man. This man waited in the grave yard until he would kill the serpent. While he was waiting he prayed to God to help him and an angel appeared to him and told him not to hit the serpent but once and if a drop of blood should fall on any part of him to cut it off immediately.
    The angel (them) then disappeared and the serpent came. The man struck it on the head and it said "Strike
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Julia Clancy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway