School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

Location:
Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 11_005

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  1. Once upon a time there were two girls standing beside a lake and one of them fell in and got drowned. After a while a man was driving cattle along by the lake and he saw a girl coming towards him. He said to himself that she was like the girl that got drowned and she got passed by. Another time he was passing and he saw the same girl coming and she passed by again. When the man went home he told a priest. The priest told him to go to the same place again and to bring holywater with him and a scapular with him and to ask the girl did she want anything. The man went to the place and he saw the girl coming. He put the holywater on himself and he asked the girl did she want anything and she said she owed money
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Noonan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghagower, Co. Mayo