School: St Oran's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Mac Éibhir
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    in Shandrum. Shandrum is about four miles from Buncrana on the way to Carndonagh. This treasure is a bag of gold. This was supposed to be hidden by a robber who stole it from someone a long time ago.
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    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    2. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
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    Sladran, Co. Donegal
  3. In the olden times the people got three meals in the day. They got their breakfast in the morning and their dinner at midday and they got their supper when they were going to bed. They got brocan before they got their breakfast. And what they got for their dinner was potatoes and sole and they got a drink of buttermilk after their dinner.
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