School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- One night a man named James O'Donnell was coming from a wake at the hour of one o'clock. He often heard his father and mother say that it was not right to come from a wake by yourself. As he was a courageous man he said he would go alone.The wake house, was only a short distance below his own house. He left the wake house by himself and went up through a field making for his own house at the same time whistling away. When he was just a few fields from his own house he heard great hammering beside him. He was not afraid up to this but as the night was dark that made(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora King
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James O' Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrycooraun, Co. Mayo
