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School: Gort na Mara (Seafield) (roll number 11565)

Location:
Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Ghathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0168, Page 089

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  1. A Local Belief

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    When a drowning occurs along the coast and the body is not recovered it is believed that if a sheaf of unthreshed oats with a blessed candle under the band is thrown into the sea it will float towards the body and will encircle the spot where the corpse is to be found
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Charles Kilawee
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Donaghintraine, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dromore West, Co. Sligo

  2. A Great Whale

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    A Great Whale.
    About 48 years ago a great whale was washed in on the shore at John Dowd's, Hempfield, Dromore West, Co. Sligo. This whale was about 3 tons. When its mouth was open a man 6 feet high could stand inside without touching the roof. They made about 50 barrels of oil from him.
    His bones were as high as a one-storey house.
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