School: Béal Átha Gearr
- Location:
- Ballygar, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Labhrás Ó Síoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0261
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- Fuair Gerárd Ó Lócháin an [giota]? seo a leanas ó’n a shean-mháthair atá 65 bliadhna agus atá in-a-comhnuidhe i dTracthill.
There was a certain man who was one night returning from home from rambling. As he was passing by a nook in the side of the road leading from Muckanagh to Ballygar a voice cried out - Muna mbeidh go raibh salainn i d'phóca agat mharbhóchad mé thú. The man at once recognised him as being a friend of his own who had died some time previously.
From that time people say that if you have salt in your pocket when you meet a ghost, you are safe.
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- Collector
- Gerárd Ó Lócháin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Trihill West, Co. Galway
