School: Moys (roll number 10837)

Location:
Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
Teachers:
P. Dawson C. Mac an Ghirr
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 143

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0936, Page 143

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    At Clay Lough in Co. Armagh there was a girl whose name was Kelly and she was a witch.

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    the press and bottle was broken and she got out and she started the same tricks again & they sent for the priest and he put her into the bottle again & through the bottle in the middle of Clay lough and every seven year some one is drowned. Ther's a big wall built in the middle of the lough as a warning to the people.
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    America war is just begone and every man must carrie a gun and every woman that is over sixteen must carrie a beanet and shout for the king.

    The America war is just begone and every man must carrie a gun and every woman that is over sixteen must carrie a beanet and shout for the king.
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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
      2. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    3. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
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    There was a poor woman living in Teirmacmoe and one day an old woman came to the house and asked for some meal and she told her that she was very poor and could not afford it, and the woman said to give her some and she would help her and she gave her som

    There was a poor woman living in Teirmacmoe and one day an old woman came to the house and asked for some meal and she told her that she was very poor and could not afford it, and the woman said to give her some and she would help her and she gave her some. Then she asked her for a bowl
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