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School: Abbeytown Convent N.S. (roll number 15043)

Location:
Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Sr. M. Columbanus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0236, Page 055

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    lost the cap she could not return to her home under the water without it so she consented to marry the thief. Sometime afterwards however she was cleaning her new home, when she found her cap. On the instant she returned to the lake and disappeared under the water.
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    In my district the old people believe in many superstitions and have always done so. It is said that if a person spills salt he will have bad, and if a mirror is broken the person that breaks it will
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aine O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Boyle, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs J. Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rockingham Demesne, Co. Roscommon