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School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 431

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  1. Fowling

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    There are very few fowlers in this district. There is one man named Jack Munnelly, Carbed, Carrowmore, Ballina, that usually goes around, fowling. He goes around with his gun and his setter dog
    He kills Pheasants, snipes, lap wing, pigeon, rabbits, and hares if he gets them.
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  2. A Ghost Story

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    A ghost story
    In some cases people imagine a ghost where there is no host at all.
    Once there was a man who was going to the fair at Killala, with a cow, and he was coming by Lacken graveyard. As he was approaching the graveyard with the cow, she took a flight and turned on the road, and
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Goulding
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathlackan, Co. Mayo