School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

Location:
Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 345

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    unable to find there way out. after a while they lied down and died of hunger and thirst. After a few hours two robin came and saw the two children lying dead they picked the weathered leaves and covered the children with them.
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  2. There was once a man and his name was Jack. He lived with his wife on Connemara coast, just outside the place were Galway is situated now. He lived in an old hovel and he was a poor fisherman. This happened hundreds of years ago. Jack had no luck fishing atal. The fishes seemed as if they shunned him and his boat. He was about a year fishing and caught nothing worth talking
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    Folktales index
    AT0316: The Nix of the Mill‑pond
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Jim Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowmanagh, Co. Galway