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School: N. Colmcille, Westport Quay (roll number 13145)

Location:
Westport Quay, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Sean Ó Flaitile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137, Page 144

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    their clothes in a river or in a pool of water. One day a woman was washing her clothes in this pool. She spread the clothes on the stones and beat them with a beetle. She found great difficulty in washing a certain garment. She believed in charms and she brought out the cat. The cat jumped into the hole and vanished. Then she had no trouble in washing the clothes.
    As she was preparing to go home she removed one of the stones. Under this she found a pot of gold. The old people say that some of the houses now standing in Westport were built with this money. There is a fence around this hole now for safety. The womans name was Mrs. Tabbot. She has friends still living at the mall Westport.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Westport Demesne, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Thomas Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Westport Quay, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Westport Quay, Co. Mayo