School: Ednacarnon (roll number 3523)
- Location:
- Edenacarnan South, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Staráid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 141
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- (a) Family - "Iron head". A neighbour, who was going into Letterkenny one day, when Wallace's Foundry was started making "metal heads" for ploughs, was asked where he was going. He replied: "I am going to get my "iron head" off and a "metal head" on. His descendants still get "iron head".
"The Cats". Over 100 years ago a man in this district went to the Fair in Milford and brought a cow. When asked if she had much milk, he said she hadn't as much milk as a "furrow" cat". His grandchildren and great grandchildren are known locally as the "cats".(b) Personal - "The King". One time a man here, when somewhat under the influence of whiskey (his name was Gibbons) said that "there were a lot of Gibbons from Ramelton to Churchhill but he was King of them". He is still called "the King".
"The Bishop". This was given to a man when coming from Church one Sunday as he was swaggering along with a silk hat in his hand. Kate Elliott, an old woman, saw him coming along in this way and said: "There he comes 'swagger' like the Bishop". This man was known as the "Bishop" till the day of his death at 70 years of age - name given at age of 20 years.
- Informant
- Robert Gregg
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Killydesert, Co. Donegal
