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School: Coillíní Carrowkelly (roll number 7054)

Location:
Culleens, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Ó Brádaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0146, Page 47

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    fond of the seal to kill him, but he thought that if he brought the seal out far into the sea and left him there he might not come back again, but he did come back. He did this three times and each time he brought him out farther but the seal came back every night, but the fourth time he brought away the seal he burned out his two eyes, and brought him out far in the sea, and when the threw him out into the sea they returned home not expecting to see him any more but when the people got up next morning they found the seal lying dead beside the fire and they always had luck in their stock after that.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Walshe
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Walshe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Culleens, Co. Mayo