School: An Baile Mór (roll number 11193)

Location:
Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
D. E. Tate
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  1. There was a tramp "a woman" who lived in Black's where Barney Gallagher has his cottage now. She went to bed as usual. She rose in the middle of the night and went out. When the people rose in the morning they could not find her. They looked in drains and everywhere. After awhile John, the man of the house, was going to report to the police. He saw her coming by Algeo's of the Post Office. He went up to meet her. She told them everything she saw and where she was. She went to Dunfanaghy; from that to Falcarragh then to the evicted houses near Dunlewy, and then to Gweedore. She came back by Muckish , through boys and fields. She came to a house. She came to a house where
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pearl Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Stewart
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballymore Lower, Co. Donegal