School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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  1. Long ago in Ireland it was teh custom to spill blood for St Martin's night. A man named Michael Loughney P.I.P. Lacken. He was a very poor man, and he had nothing to kill. He had one cow, so he killed the cow in honour of St Martin.
    So a few days afterwards a cow came in at Bac Dub in Ballygarry, Lacken. The cow came to the field of this man, and she used to give buckets over buckets of milk. So this man got very rich and he bought another cow. So the strange cow went away one day and was never seen again. The flag where she landed is called Leac Phoill ná bó Maóile and it is thought the cow came from Tir Ná nóg.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Glas Ghoibhneann (~76)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Lynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Lynn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo