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School: Clashaganny (roll number 8051)

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Clashaganny, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Albert Flanagan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 159

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  1. A Story of Clooneybeirne Lake (continued)

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    whilst the horse is visiting the fairies. The approaches to this lake are very difficult being swampy and desolate. In the furze that surround it live foxes and rabbits.
    Nancy Boyle.
    Std VI
    Bally.daly
    Tulsk
    Co. Roscommon
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  2. A Legend of Shadlough Lake

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    About Shadlough lake in the olden days there was a saying that the mentioned lake was enchanted. People that lived in that locality, when they used to sow their crops in the Spring such as oats and wheat, when it used to grow to the height of a foot or so, they noticed that there used to be trespass on it from that on until it was fit to reap. They used to watch to see what was trespassing on it. Coming on to the harvest time they found that there were a mare and a foal eating their crops. They tried on several occasions to catch the mare and foal but when she would run off for the water and leap in to it. One day a crowd of young men gathered to gether and some of them went to their crops to frighten them from it. On they came with
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Mc Dermott
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Tom Devine
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Grange, Co. Roscommon