School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 165
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“There is a Poney's Skin in John Herron's hill and it is supposed to be full of Gold.”
(continued from previous page)for the Gold but he could not find it.
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“There are Graves in John Herron's hill too, when the people were digging the ground for crops they saw human bones.”
There are Graves in John Herron's hill too, when the people were digging the ground for crops they saw human bones. It took four men to lift the Flags and under the Flags were large Bones.
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“There is a well above the "New Mills" on the middle of a Hill.”
There is a well above the "New Mills" on the middle of a Hill. If you were very hungry and to take a drop of the water you would feel as satisfied as if you had eaten a big Dinner.
This well is very small is is called the "Premullon well. It never goes dry and the water is very Sweet. It is not like common water, atall, and it is said if you take a drink of it when going a journey that no accident will happen to you. - Collector
- Mary Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrora, Co. Donegal
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“Once upon a time there was a man and he went to the well and took in a bucket of water and put it in the pot, to boil potatoes for the dinner.”
Once upon a time there was a man and he went to the well and took in a bucket of water and put it in the pot, to boil potatoes for the dinner(continues on next page)