School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 175

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  2. Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife in a small house, they had no land, only a small garden in front of the house, and he had no cows either. When his wife was "teeming" the potatoes she always teemed them at her door step. One day when she was going to "teem" the potatoes a wee man met her at the door and put up his hand and said "Howl on a minute mem" and the woman
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