School: St Boden's, Culdaff
- Location:
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 130
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A Big Flood (1908 a.d.)This story was heard by: - Romey Cassidy
Cloncha, Culdaff
Co Donegalfrom: - Joe Mooney, (65yrs)
Cloncha, Culdaff
Co DonegalOnce upon a time about thirty years ago in this parish there lived in Cloncha a man named McSheffery. He sold lime; one day he was away with a load of lime and it began to rain; it rained so heavy that it flooded the rivers. On his way home he had to cross a bridge. As he was going across the bridge the flood took him and the horse and cart down the river: he was drowned and the horse was saved. Before he went away he said to his neighbours that when he would go to bed at night, that nine(continues on next page)
