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School: Leitir Mhór (roll number 15944)

Location:
Lettermore, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Ní Bhaoghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1037, Page 211

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    Poteen Making
    15 - 6 - 1938
    Long ago poteen was frequently made in Ireland especially in this part of the country.
    One evening two men were making poteen. When they were finished they hid the poteen and all the articles in the bushes and were about to go home when stones were thrown at them. The men went back to the place where they hid the poteen but it was still there. They started for home a second time but stones were again thrown at them. One of the men said to the other. "It's a sign we are getting"! So the two men went back, lifted their poteen and all the other articles and buried them beside a
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mohan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullycumber, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr John Mohan
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Tullycumber, Co. Donegal