School: An Clochar, Uachtar Árd (roll number 13439)
- Location:
- Oughterard, Co. Galway
- Teacher: An tSr M.S. Iognáid
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- There were two hags long ago in Oughterard. One of them happened to be one side of the Corrib and the other on the opposite side. They began firing stones at one another until they had two great heaps of stones one at either side of the Corrib. Other people say that it were giants that were buried there.
Cailleach Bhéarac was another old hag that was living in Oughterard. She was always minding a cow.
At that time there was no fence between each person's land and the(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Joyce
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oughterard, Co. Galway