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School: Synge, Inagh (roll number 14440)

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Glennageer, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máirtín Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0612, Page 387

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0612, Page 387

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  1. Story (continued)

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    throw it behind him. He did so and a wood appeared. The witch sent one of the men home for an axe so she could make her way through the wood. She followed them on until she caught sight of them again. She told him to take a drop of sweat from the horses ear and let it fall behind him. He did so and a lake appeared. The witch was drowned and the people were safe.
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  2. St Brigid's Eve

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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Feast of St Brigid (~366)
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