School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 014
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“Once upon a time there was a great storm. There were two boys called John Ward who lived in Donegal, and James Mc Groary Drimarone.”
(continued from previous page)down with the flood. The other boy went back to his parents and lived happily [with?] but there was no trace of the other where-ever he went. People say it was the worst night with [with?] wind ever they saw.
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“In the olden times candles were made from boiled rushes.”
In olden times candles were made from boiled rushes. The makers used to let the rushes boil for day and then they would take them out and strain them. There was a man called James Ward in Meenataggart and he used to make twelve candles every day. In the olden times there were no baskets to get in the shops and the people used to make them themselves. This is the way they used to make the baskets. They used to put five rods round in a circle, weave others out and in between them and the keep on at that untill the basket was finished. There was a man(continues on next page) - Collector
- Grace Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Meenawilderg, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Mc Groary
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 52
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Meenawilderg, Co. Donegal