School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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“One time there was a man called Pat Kearney that lived in a place called Carolina.”
One time there was a man called Pat Kearney that lived in a place called Carolina. Carolina is about two miles out-side Buncrana. One time this man took sick and he died. At that time it was the women that made the dead clothes for the people. It was a woman called Biddy Doherty that made the dead clothes for Pat. When she was making the dead clothes for him she had not enough of thread and she left a(continues on next page)