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School: Craobhach (roll number 14671)

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Creevagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Mac an Mhíleadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 357

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    “There was an old man fishing Salmon at Lacken big river at the time Saint Patrick was in Foghill.”

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    There was an old man fishing Salmon at Lacken big river at the time Saint Patrick was in Foghill.
    One day Saint Patrick came to him and asked one of the Salmon, but the greedy man said he would give him a small one when he would catch it.
    The more Salmon he was catching the bigger they were getting and he refused Saint Patrick for the Salmon and Saint Patrick said that a Salmon would never be caught in that river again and that is the reason that there are no Salmon in the river.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. catching animals
          1. fishing (~216)
    2. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Conway
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killogeary, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Catherine Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killogeary, Co. Mayo