School: St Oran's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Éibhir
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- (continued from previous page)was a man lived in this house and his name was Tommy it is beside McKinneys house. There is a field called Big Biddis field it was given this name because the woman who owned this field was called Big Biddie it is near a house called Paddy Gills. We have a field called the mossy field it is called this because it is all moss. There is another called the far field because it is the fartherest field we have from our house and other called the middle field because there are two fields one on every side.
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- Miss Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 26
- Address
- Meenagory, Co. Donegal
- There is a custom in this district that the children leave off their shoes on Good Friday and then they dont get the cold. On May eve some people used to go out to(continues on next page)
