School: Killadangan (roll number 4854)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Bean Uí Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138C, Page 05_006
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- This story was told to me by one of our old villagers. Here it is.
There is a large rock standing in the village of Belclare commonly known as "Sally's rock". In olden times there used to be a sort of fair held there every year.
There was a prize given to the woman who was able to show the best year's work such as, knitting, sewing, or cooking.
One year a certain woman from the parish went to the fair, and when the head-man asked her to show him her(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Prospect, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Johnny Joyce
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Prospect, Co. Mayo
