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School: Dún na nGall (roll number 2252)

Location:
Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
E. E. Oldfield
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 007

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    They brought me home. When I came home everybody welcomed me but after a long time the people thought I was magic, so they said they would put me to prison, and by a mercy to goodness I escaped.
    In a field on the Drumrooske [?] road near the fort in the parish of Donegal, a man built a wall and it was tossed every night so they stayed up one night and about two in the morning a thing came in the appearance of a rat and tossed the wall. Next night it came again. This time it had a red coat and hat on it and tossed the wall. It walked up to the fort and went into a hole. The people never built the wall again because they were afraid
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Kirkpatrick
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumroosk, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Andrew Mc Gee
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    93
    Address
    Drumroosk, Co. Donegal