School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- one night a man named Raddy Duffy was coming from the post office. It was about twelve o'clock in the night and it was very dark passing Austin McGing's garden he saw a pig and her young ones in side the wall. The pig began grunting and looking out over the wall. He continued his journey at any rate and when he went home he told his story. The people say it is bad to see a pig because it is the devil that comes in the form of a pig. The never stayed out that length any night(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo