School: Ceathrú Mhór (roll number 16289)
- Location:
- Carrowmore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Thomas F. O' Hara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 191
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- (continued from previous page)atoes to eat that they came to this place before going home to their nests in the evening. Sometimes they were fighting before they were hungry and when of them got killed the others would eat them.
In the field called "Cnoc na bhFeannóg", it is said that a lot of crows came here every year. Sometimes they fought with the crows that had their nests made here.
Martin Mc Nulty, Coolcastle, told me that an old man lived in the field called "Cnocán Pártolán". He said that he got ill on November's night and that he died the next day. Some people say that it was the fairies who brought the old man away with them and that they left another in his place.
In the field called "Eannach na Múnóg", a lot of red berries grow. It is said that if you ate those berries(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bernadette Carr
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolcashla, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Martin Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolcashla, Co. Mayo
