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School: Leargán Buidhe (C.) (roll number 14289)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean de Priondargás
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 541

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    the older part of it. Unbaptised children are not buried in those graveyards. Some are buried in a field in Reisk called Cris, and there is another field in Coogue, where they are buried. People do not like to pass by those places at night and there is a belief that if you step on the grave of an unbaptised person you will be put astray.
    Many stories are told of people who went astray at night on Coogue farm. The explanation given is that they stepped on a
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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
    Mary Ganley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Edward Ganley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Larganboy East, Co. Mayo