School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 159
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“Once upon a time there was a wolf in the parish of Inver.”
(continued from previous page)the animals around about the place. One day, a man named Sean O'Neill of Letterbarrow followed him on horse-back. When the wolf came to the Roose bank, he leaped into it. O'Neill leaped in after and killed him. He got great praise from the people about the place.
The dog badger kills fowls and eats them. The pig badger wins his own harvest and builds it in a hand-shaking outside of his den.
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“It is unlucky to meet a hare on the road when one's getting married.”
It is unlucky to meet a hare on the road when one's getting married. Once upon a time Pat Mc Groary and Mary O'Donnell were getting married. On the way to the Chapel, they met a hare on the road. The Bride was for turning back but the Groom would not turn so they went on. Some time after, he was killed.
John Meehan of Tullynaha got married to a girl named Bridget Ward out of(continues on next page) - Collector
- Jim Mc Groary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Tullynaha, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John O' Donnell
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Letterfad, Co. Donegal