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School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)

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Gortaveha, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Wiley
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  1. Story (continued)

    “One day an old travelling woman went in to Martin Keane's in Slievanoir.”

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    were burned in the fire.The funeral and the marriage met at the bridge.All this happened because she did not give a bit of meat.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    “Once a travelling woman came in to a house in Acres....”

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    Story 24: 2: 38
    Once a travelling woman came in to a house in Acres and the woman had meat down .The traveller asked her what she had down and she said he had meat for a yearling got drowned and she had a bit down.The traveller went out to the thatch and pulled a rush and made a loop of it and left her hand on the lid.Then she told the woman to look in and she did and what did she see but a man inside in the pot .The traveller disappeared that moment.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Acres, Co. Clare
    Collector
    Julia Corry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Michael Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Derryfadda, Co. Clare