School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)
- Location:
- Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0110
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- Once upon a time there was a little stream of water flowing into a hole. One day a woman came to this hole with a pot to get water. She put the pot into the hole and went home. When she came back she discovered that the pot was covered with water and the water flowing round it in a circle. It continued until it formed a big lake. It is said that the pot is there yet but nobody can get it. The lake is called Lake Altore or the Belmount Lake.
- Collector
- Philomena Burke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Blindwell, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Martin Walshe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Blindwell, Co. Galway
