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School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)

Location:
Ardbane, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 160

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    “It is unlucky to meet a hare on the road when one's getting married.”

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    the same townland. He took in a bucket of water in the morning before he went and he had never a day of luck till the day he died.
    Collector:- Jim McGroary, 12 yrs.
    Tullynaha, Letterbarrow P.O.
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    “There was a great storm in the year 1839.”

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    There was a great storm in the year 1839. The lightning and the thunder was so near that it shook the buckets outside many houses. The lightning struck a farm in Grianans, Lough Eske, and tore up three acres of clay and stones. It is said that the flood in the rivers rose to a height
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Mohan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Tullynagreana, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Patrick Murray
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tullynagreana, Co. Donegal