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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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    Once upon a time there lived in Bohogue in the parish of Balla, Co. Mayo two very old men named Peadhar and Shawn. They were brothers and they lived in a cabin in a bog. They went about begging from one village to another.
    Everybody thought they were poor but under a hawthorn bush in a corner of a field near the cabin they
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Kearns
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Manulla, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Ned Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Cregg, Co. Mayo