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School: An Cheathrú Gharbh

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Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 515

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    About sixty five years ago there were seven weeks of hard frost and Lough Conn was frozen from end to end. The Glass Island people had to break the ice with spades and shovels so as to get food for themselves. So one night when all the people were asleep a big wild animal came from the sea and he broke the ice about three feet wide from Knockmore to Pontoon. So the next day two young men traced him from Knockmore to Pontoon and they could not trace him no further.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary E. Walkin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Colladussaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Walkin
    Gender
    Female