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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0630, Page 111

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    on rare occasions when the tide is very low, when, on the west side of Rinn Eanaigh point, a flag may be observed which is said to cover her remains.
    Some of the islanders hold that this flag is seen every seven years, and that whoever sees it and stans on it will get whatever request he desires. John Hehir, a present inhabitant of the place, is supposed to have seen it in the year 1934. He did not stand on it however, as I have no proof wheterh the tradition is true or not:

    An Sgeach:-
    Michael Scanlan owns a field which is called the " Sgeach ". This field derives it's name from the white hawthorn that
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Scattery Island, Co. Clare
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Cholgáin
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Cáit Bean Uí Mhaolacháin
    Gender
    Female