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School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)

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Ardbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 161

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    “There was a great storm in the year 1839.”

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    “It is said that if a man misses a ridge when setting potatoes there is some one to die in that house before a year.”

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    It is said that if a man misses a ridge when setting potatoes there is some one to die in that house before a year. This happened one year in a house of Andy Meehan's, Tullynagrena. When he was setting potatoes, he missed a ridge in the middle of the field and before a year his sister died.
    Another saying is that if a hen crows at a house, that hen should be killed
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