School: An Clochar, Uarán Mór
- Location:
- Oranmore, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Ghreallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0032, Page 0537
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - About three hundred years ago a fairy pig lived in Antrim. He was a little bigger than every other pig and was very black. The Antrim People were afraid of him. He lived in a glen in Co. Antrim called "Gleann na Aluice". She used so great destruction round the glen. About eight o'clock every evening she used appear.
One evening no one in the place saw her, and soon after she was seen in Dranmore. About two hundred yards below Dranmore is a place called Gleanascaul. She was rooting for two hours there until she(continues on next page)
