School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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- (continued from previous page)night fighting and every time the boy would try to hit the Chieftan, he would feel nothing but air. The boy went home in the morning and told his people about the ghost.
He went to bed with his skin all black and blue, where the ghost beat him. His people went to the strand, and they were surprised to find the track of when chains were pulling on the sand. The boy lived only a few days after.
Although he was the only son of his widowed mother. The fisher men never had to come in again when they were getting plenty of fish(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ita Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Killeen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo
