School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)
- Location:
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An Bráthair Naiti
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 6
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(continued from previous page)47. Children place marsh marigolds on the door steps and window sills of houses on mayday eve, as a charm against the fairies.48 In Cashelard there is a hollow or lug where mass was celebrated in the Penal days and where it is recollected that people used to bring milk and bread to the priest who ministered to the people in this hollow. It is called “the Scallan”.49 It is said that the Protestant graveyard on Mullagh a shee Hill was formerly a catholic burial ground.51 Gravestone over Sean O Clery one of the Four Masters a photograph of the tombstone exists.55 A gold disc was dug out of a giant’s grove near Bally shannon. It is now in the National museum.