School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- (continued from previous page)The next day there was a big white thorn bush growing at the head of the grave and the next day (there was a big w) again it was turned down to the foot of the grave and then there was a big arch over his grave. No one was ever bured in that grave after that.
There was a rich farmer who lived in the same place and he used to buy a lot of cattle and sheep. One fair morning he got up at five o'clock to go to the fair. The fire was quenched and he went out and he broke a withered branch of the white_thorn bush that was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Keane
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
