School: Aghadachor (Aghador)

Location:
Aghadachor, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire T. Ní Bhréasláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1078, Page 7

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    and they met a gentleman who said to them "Which of you can look the laziest crossing the road?" One of them rolled across the road, and the other went on his hands and knees across, and the other jumped on his back. He was the laziest so he got the money.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mc Gettigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Glenree, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Mc Gettigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Glenree, Co. Donegal
  3. There was one time a boy named Jack who lived with his mother at the foot of a hill. One night there came a great storm and it nearly broke the door of the house. He had to stand with
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