School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 082
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“Once upon a tiem there were three men living in a house.”
(continued from previous page)Nancy could not look at him with anger. The man got married and lived happily but Nancy did not get married till she died.
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“At one time there was a great ice on Louch h-Iasg and also all over the county.”
At one time there was a great ice on Lough h-Iasg and also all over the country. That season the men carted timber on this lough. Old Brooke the landlord, carted the first load on it. There were boys also playing camin daily on that lough. There is always danger of springs on these loughs. One day there were two boys playing camin on this lough. One of them ran and struck the ball. At the same time his body sank, the head was cut off by the ice from the body and ran along the ice crying "hail, hail, hail". The other boy went home speechless. When he recovered from the shock he told what had happened and every one was shocked. It is supposed that no one ever went across(continues on next page) - Collector
- Nora Mac Shane
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Gallagher
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal