School: St Boden's, Culdaff
- Location:
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 141
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- (continued from previous page)the landlord and said to him "I left my boots outside the bedroom door last night and I got them this morning untouched." The landlord looked a little surprized and said "Yes! and if you left them there for a week not one would touch them, 'we have honest servants here'!."
- A long time ago a young gentle man came from America, he was a native of this parish and his mother greeted him home with a "Céad míle fáilte a Páidí" come up and sit down take a 'sate' till we have a chat." While they were sitting chatting the cat came in and sat with her back to the fire, they old woman gave her a "patouge" and said "gout a that," and you wouldn't see the cats tail for smoke she went out the door that "quick." "What did(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Deeny
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- P. Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Gleneely, Co. Donegal
