School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_105
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- (continued from previous page)and Carra Mor lake which are both in the Parish of Balla, Carra, Mayo.
Before a death in any of the villages near these lakes the mermaid would be heard as if batting clothes on the brink of the water.
- In this village of Prison lived a tailor. He had a house and garden. He was paying rent to Ormsby of Knockmore but he always gave the land-lord a week's work instead of cash for rent. He went to do the sewing in Mrs Ormsby's house at Knockmore.
One night when returning home very late after his day's work he saw a little horse grazing on the side(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
