School: An Clochar, Uarán Mór
- Location:
- Oranmore, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Ghreallaigh
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- Once upon a time there was a battle fought in Baile-na0Gaoithe. The blood of the slain flowed into a Turloch. This is now called Turloch na Fola.
Uarán beag
There is a well in Uarán beag which is called the Fish Pond. People saw a woman sitting on a stone and when they went near her she raised the stone and went under it. She would not be seen again until they went a considerable distance.
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One time there was a woman and she had a child. One night the fairies came and took the child away. They left a fairy child instead of the woman's child. The woman was ignorant of this.
A thatcher was thatching and the woman went to the well leaving the baby in an old-fashioned cradle. He was five or six years old, but was unable to walk. The woman gave him a piece of straw, from which he played lovely music. The thatcher said that the child must not be a natural one. He advised the
- One time there was a woman and she had a child. One night the fairies came and took the child away. They left a fairy child instead of the woman's child. The woman was ignorant of this.
A thatcher was thatching and the woman went to the well leaving the baby in an old-fashioned cradle. He was now five or six years old, but was unable to walk. The woman gave him a piece of straw, from which he played lovely music. The thatcher said that the child must not be a natural one. He advised the(continues on next page)
