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School: Slattagh (roll number 13879)

Location:
Moher, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Brian Ó Baoighill

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0256, Page 057

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“Once there was a well and no one was allowed to take water from it or to dirty it.”

Once there was a well and no one was allowed to take water from it or to dirty it. One day an old woman came to the well for water but when she was filling her pail the water rushed up and drowned her.

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Collector
Lillie Neary
Gender
female
Address
Dooslattagh, Co. Roscommon
Informant
J. Neary
Address
Dooslattagh, Co. Roscommon
Language
English