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School: Shrule (roll number 7795/7796)

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Shrule, Co. Galway
Teacher:
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038C, Page 05_038

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    cat say "tell Māen Mōr that Kate Karney is dead". The cat went out and they never heard or saw him after that.
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    Long ago the people beleived in pisreōza. They used to beleive that if you met a red haired woman you would have bad luck. One day John Biggins was ploughing and there was an old red haired woman living in the village. There was a well near where the man was ploughing. During the day the old woman came for a can
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    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Gannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Martin Gannon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo