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School: Shrule (roll number 7795/7796)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038C, Page 11_018

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    There was once a lord from Galway and he married secondly. The lord himself was very rich and old and his wife was very young. His wife was very wicked and she would not give anything to the poor. The lord had a daughter. The daughter was very handsome and much like the wife that died. The father liked his daughter very much. The other wife did not like her at all. The wife clipped off her hair once and sent her off to Limerick town and sold her there. That night the bean sidhe came and haunted the wife. The Lord set out in search of his daughter. He sailed
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Tedders
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Tedders
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo