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School: Anglesboro (C.), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 10263)

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Anglesborough, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhonnchadha
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    One morning a neighbour of John Roche's of Anglesboro was gathering dew in his field on a May morning. She did this three mornings in succession and the fourth morning she went into John Roche's field and laid a bag in the corner of the field. Afterwards John Roche's ploughed the same field, and set potatoes there, all the crop failed and the people became very poor. The next year the same neighbour managed
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Moriarty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Kilglass, Co. Limerick