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School: Manulla (Cailíní)

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Manulla, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 349

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  1. A Folktale of Mayo

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    One day about thirty years ago - as a band of men were out hunting near Mayo Abbey they rose a hare but she went so swiftly that she kept ahead of the hounds for some distance. At last one of the hounds was nearly up to her when she escaped through the window of an old house. Just as she was almost through the hound bit her on the back but still she kept on.
    The the men at once entered the house and found an old woman sitting on a box. They asked her had she seen a hare but she said she had not. Then the men searched the house but
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo