School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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- (continued from previous page)the plantin stream. There is a whole lot of trees round it. It is not a big stream. ALl the rivers run into it and it runs to the Swilly.
There is a hollow in our district and this hollow is called the garden hollow. There is a hollow in Mulhollands farm called the big field hollow. It is a big field that the hollow is in. The garden hollow got its name because the hollow is in a garden.
- There is a scrug of bushes in our place and it is called Creg More and there is a cave in the middle of it. There is a river running by our house and it is called Tory brook. It rises in Dangels hill and runs till it meets the big river at Umricam. There is another river that rises in mineward hill and runs till it joins the river hedge at McLoughlins bridge.
There are rocks in our district named the scrogger rocks. There were animals lost there. They are two caves in it. There are foxes in it and brocs in it too. They were music heard in it and lights seen in it too. There is a cave in the Newton rocks. There used to be foxes in it but there are none in it now. There is a rock in out district and it is called the fairy rock.(continues on next page) - Informant
- John Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Sladran, Co. Donegal
