School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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“About twenty years ago an old man got married to a young girl of eighteen. The next morning after the marriage she got up to make ready the breakfast.”
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“Once upon a time four men were stilling on Derry-veigh mountains which was known at that time as Mrs Adair's estate.”
Once upon a time four men were stilling on Derry-veigh mountains which was known at that time as Mrs Adair's estate.
They were stilling in a part known as Poison glen.
They were always in the look out for police and gaugers.
So one evening they were stilling and a gauger caught them. They planned to kill and bury him. When they had him buried they saw a man standing on a rock above them.
He was herding sheep.
The men knew he(continues on next page)