School: An Cheathrú Gharbh
- Location:
- Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 596
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- One night there was a priest coming from Ballina. It was very late at night. When he came to the cross roads at Corry the horse he was riding on began to rear up into the air and would not go any further. The priest forced the horse to go. The horse after a while rearing gave a jump and went on. The priest rode the horse to the nearest house. The people of the house were in bed, the priest knocked then up and asked the woman of the house for a towel. When he got the towel he put(continues on next page)
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- Nora Dunleavy
- Gender
- Female
