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School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)

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Copany, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 253

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    Once there was a girl hired in a house in the Pettigo. She always gave some of her pay for mass offerings for the souls in purgatory. One day when she was leaving her place, as her time was up, she found that she had only a few shillings left.
    At first she wasn’t going to give it for a mass offering, but then she went back to the priest’s house and gave it.
    As she was going along a man over-took her and she began to talk to him. She told him that she was looking for work. He told her that she
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Siúbhan Nigh Fhionntaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Informant
    James Curristin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    71
    Address
    Cormullin, Co. Donegal