School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- (continued from previous page)people asked him how did he live without any food for three days. He told them that only for the people that were dead years ago he would not live at all, especially "Gabhar Bán" who died five years before. He was a man that lived next door to the postman's house. The people used to call him "Gabhar Bán" because he was as hardy as a goat and he had a white head. This is the way he met his death. One night he heard the cows lowing in his barn and he went out in his nightgown to see what was wrong. All the cows were lossened and they killed him.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs A. Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
