School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)wedding day it was called bottling day because on bottling day every man brought a bottle with whiskey in it to be drunk that night. A custom long ago was that the best time to get married was on one of the days before Lent. At the present time many people get married some time before Lent.
- One day Colmcille was passing through Magheraban about six miles outside Buncrana. The day was hot and he became thirsty so he went into a field to get a drink from a stream that was running through the field. When he went(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Andy Mc Cracken
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Maggie Connor
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Liafin, Co. Donegal
