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School: An Clochar, Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 14952)

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Castleisland, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
An tSr. Caoimhín
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    Long ago there lived an old woman in Knockatee she was very poor. She had only one room in her house. The only furniture she had in her room was a large mirror. One day as she was sweeping the room she rose the handle of the brush too high and hit the mirror with it and broke it. She sat down to cry over her broken mirror when she had enough cried over the mirror she rose to gather up the broken pieces, and what
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eily Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Main Street, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Willie Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Currow, Co. Kerry