School: Carraig na Heorna (2) (roll number 14976)

Location:
Carricknahorna, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Sibéal Nic Pháidín
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    Broke when the gold was to be seen, and it fell back to its place at the bottom of the Lough where it is supposed to be still.
    A man named James Magee who lives in the Finnhills was cutting turf one day about thirty years ago. His spade struck something hard. He dug all the earth from it and found out that it was half of an old churn It was about three feet deep in the earth, the butter was quite all right. He has got the churn safe at home still.
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