School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)

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   “Once upon a time a man went away to look for work.”

   

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   and they lived happily together in the house.

   

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   “Once upon a time a great storm came. It was said that on the 10th of January 1897 it tossed houses and bridges.”

   

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   Once upon a time a great storm came. It was said that on the 10th of January 1897 it tossed houses and bridges. This storm lasted for two weeks and, at the end of this time the people were nearly dead. After the first days storm and rain the lightning came also. This day the people did not know what to do and an old man went to every place to tell the people not to be afraid, but on his last journey a splank of lightning came and killed the poor old man. The flood was as big at last that the crops and all were destroyed. The night before the storm a man was coming home out of his friends house and he saw the great red lights that were in the sky. The man was greatly upset and he ran as fast as he could home. When

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Rose Ward

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   12

   Address

   Tullynagreana, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs Bridget Brogan

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Tullynagreana, Co. Donegal