School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)

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   “One time about 60 years ago there lived three brothers. Their name was Sweeney who lived in Meentachor.”

   

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   “At one time there was a great disaster in Bruckless. There were up to thirteen heads of families lost.”

   

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   At one time there was a great disaster in Bruckless. There were up to thirteen heads of families lost. One man only escaped with his boat. They were fishing herring for days before the disaster and on several occasions they were visited by a poor beggar woman. At times she wanted both fish and money. On this morning she was refused by all the parties but one fisherman. She left the shore displeased and went to that fisherman's house. It was a two roomed house. She called on the woman of the house to get her a tub of water and a dish. She got it set in the upperroom and went herself to the other room and started her spells. She called on the woman of the house to go and see how the dish was doing. The woman said to the old witch that the water was raging in the tub. She went on to the room again and later on she called the woman to visit the tub. The raging water of the tub was sending

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Aloysious Mac Shane

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   11

   Address

   Ardbane, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Peter Mc Shane

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   61

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Ardbane, Co. Donegal