School: Cloch Rua (roll number 11111)
- Location:
- Cloghroe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Nábla Nic Amhlaidhe
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- (continued from previous page)she would not come down, so Donnal and the traveller went up with a glass of whiskey to her, Donnal told the traveller that his mother was a little hard of hearing, and if she would not hear him, to give her a push so when the traveller spoke she did not hear him, and she fell and Donnal cried then "you have killed my mother, you have killed my mother, and the traveller and Donnal, went and buried her, then the traveller gave Donnal plenty of money, on account of killing his mother. One day Donnal was coming from the fair, he had a drove of cattle with him, and Dudden took the cattle from him and took them home with him, another day he met him he put him in a bag, and threw him behind a ditch, at a lough, Donnal began singing in the bag, that he was going straight to Heaven and that he would not exchange places with anybody and then Dudden got the bag on his back and threw him into a lough, he got out of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lettermakenny, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Lettermakenny, Co. Donegal
