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School: Cloran (roll number 5282)

Location:
Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0376

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  1. The Cloran Lakes (continued)

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    (continued from previous page)
    angry, and it is said that he cursed the
    lakes, and that he caught a fish in the
    lake and put some mark on him and
    after that there was never any fish
    caught in the lakes.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. The Fairy Horses

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    One time there lived a farmer
    and he was a very covetous man. He
    wished to work by day and by night
    so he employed men to work in the
    night and sleep in the day and
    he also had men to work in the
    day time.
    Every morning the men had to
    rise at sun rise and as they went
    out to the field in whitch the
    Loughs of Cloran are situated one
    of these loughs happened to be in
    the form of a heart. At the edge
    of that lake they saw every morning
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Séamus Ó Coinín
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockshangan, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Jack Mac Dermot
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath