School: Srath an Urláir (roll number 13367)
- Location:
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Tiománaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1095, Page 137
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“About eighty years ago a small woman called at the house of Johnston Kilpatrick Cappery.”
(continued from previous page)of the district believed that the death of the animals was caused by the strange fairy woman. This incident occurred about 130 years ago.
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“It was custom long ago to put the tongs over the cradle when going out in case some evil might happen to the child.”
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- Gerald Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybofey, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr John Mc Nulty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Goland, Co. Donegal