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 243
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“Long ago the Irish people used wicker-work coops for potatoes.”
Long ago the Irish people used wicker-work coops for potatoes. Now they use wicker-work creels for carrying turf on donkeys, one on each side.
- Collector
- Jane Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullychullion, Co. Donegal
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“There was an old woman in Tullyhullion out herding cows one day, and a little hare came and ran in under a cow and looked up at her udder.”
There was an old woman in Tullyhullion out herding cows one day, and a little hare came and ran in under a cow and looked up at her udder. The woman happened to say, "God protect the cow." The hare ran away and did the cow no harm. - When a cow is "elfshot" it is said that the "fairies" have shot her with flint. That is the way the fairies have of shooting(continues on next page)