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School: Muine Chonnalláin B.

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Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
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Seán Ó Lochnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 335

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    There was a poet in this parish named Owen McGowan. One of his songs is living amongst the people, it is called Túirne Mháire. It was a song composed about a spinning wheel which was supposed to be bewitched. It was sung in this locality when my father was a young boy. The first line of the song is,
    Túirne Mháire, Túirne Mháire gan sásamh.
    The old woman was spinning by the fire-side. The boys of the neighbourhood got a stick, they put a hook on the top of it, then they put it down the chimney and took up the thread. The old woman was living near a fort and when she saw that the thread was gone she
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Muldoon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgarvan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thady Muldoon
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilgarvan, Co. Mayo