School: Attymass G
- Location:
- Attymass, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mrs B. Flannelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 213
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- (continued from previous page)went after his ass and he was going through the fields for a long time and at last he did not know where he was for he was going astray at last he looked all around and he knew he was in Crossmultina.Then he saw a little house about a mile away and there was a light in it. He made towards the lights and when eh came as far as the door he saw a woman inside. He knew the woman well and he also knew she was dead for many a year.He got very much frightened then and he was going to turn away but the woman called him back and told him not to be afraid of her that she would not harm him so he went in.She had a can on the fire and there was porridge in it. When it was boiled she told him to carry it and that she would bring him to his house again. So they went away then until they came to a graveyard. She told him to go into the graveyard. There was a man after being buried that day and she(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Bridget O' Hara
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Kilgellia, Co. Mayo
