School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- Fairies and Blood.There was a woman living in Kilavalla who had a big washing of sheets.
She spread them on the bushes where there was a fort.
In the morning the clothes were all sprinkled with blood.
She got sick that night and died a few days after. Her ghost was often seen round the fort.
- Collector
- Josie Keville
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
