1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Árd Bán

School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)

Location:
Ardbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Briain Ó hEarchaigh
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 048

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 048

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Árd Bán
  2. XML Page 048
  3. XML (no title)
  4. XML (no title)

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (no title) (continued)

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

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    up a spray and filling the dish of water. The old witch went on again with her spells. Later on she called the woman to look at the tub. This time the woman called back to the witch the dish was turned over. She left the room and came to the kitchen. She pinned her shawl round her neck and said "I am long enough here". She walked out and no one ever saw that woman in the district again. The alarm was given and the people rushed to the shore to find that all the boats were down only one, and that one was the boat which contained the man that gave the witch alms that morning.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. (no title)

    “In the time of the trouble and when hedge schools were in Ireland on a mountain bordering Shanveen in a place called Crónagcearcfraoigh.”

    Share Share Post
    You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.
    (continues on next page)
    Cancel
    Transcription guide »
    By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
    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