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 258
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“There was an old man who used to go to rake. His way was through a hill and it was very rough.”
There was an old man who used to go to rake. His way was through a hill and it was very rough. One stormy, dark night he was returning, he stumbled and fell and broke his neck.
Next day he was found dead. It happened that on the night of the death, there was a girl died in the same townland. The two funerals were on the same day.
The girl who died had a sister called Mary. One day Mary was at the well and she saw her dead sister on the hill at the place where the man was killed. She(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jane Mc Daid
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Daid
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullychullion, Co. Donegal