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School: Manulla (Cailíní)

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Manulla, Co. Mayo
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Máire Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 397

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  1. A Folktale of Belcarra

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    There once lived a man named John Murphy above Belcarra who had a son who was very fond of shooting wild ducks.
    One evening they were cutting oats when the son saw two wild ducks lying in a field next to them.
    So he went in to the house for his gun to shoot them.
    He came out and was about to shoot the ducks when the barrell of the gun bursted and put the grains in to his eyes and he fell to the ground.
    When his father saw him lying on the ground he thought he was dead but ran and found
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. soothsayers (~116)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francie Foye
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockmore Eighter, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Clarke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Knockmore Eighter, Co. Mayo