School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)
- Location:
- Errew, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Brígid Nic Eoin
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- There is a lake in my district called Buncom Lake. One day a woman was watering her cattle at this lake and when she looked out in the water she saw the body of a person cleaving its way through the water going from east to west.
In three days after that a boy out of my village was drowned. It is said that this lake is enchanted.
The day the boy was drowned his father was asleep in a field that was near the lake. The minute his son was drowned a terrible noise awakened him. When he went(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
