School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)
- Location:
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 09_019
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- (continued from previous page)ran acrosss when the water dashed after him and the water dog got killed. The man was afraid to go near the place where he killed the water dog
- There is a water horse in Ballinlough lake. One night he left the lake and came up to a mans door and the people of the house heard him neighing and at last he went away and the people of the house were afraid to go near the lake at night.
- There is an old saying that if a person ties a roundberry tree round the churn he will have luck in butter for all the year. On May day if a person brings a blade of thatch out of the house he will bring the luck of the butter for the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sadie Gibbons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corveagh Upper, Co. Mayo
