School: Tigneatha
- Location:
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0135
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- (continued from previous page)took them to their homes for the same purpose. It is said when the statues were found in the tree they were snow white but that they afterwards turned black when some individual swore falsely on them.
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- Collector
- Patrick Keaveny
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tynagh, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Broderick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Derryfrench, Co. Galway
- The well of Bile so called because in ancient time a huge tree was supposed(continues on next page)
