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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

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Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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    told them to set it grinding salt.
    It set to work and soon filled the ship and it sank.
    But the mill kept grinding and it is said that that was how salt came to be in the sea.
    This tiny man was said to be a devil and it was Black Friar's curse that caused the downfall of Mayo Abbey.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0753: Christ and the Smith
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary D. Finn
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Patrick Finn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cuiltycreaghan, Co. Mayo