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School: Glenalla (roll number 10744)

Location:
Glenalla, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Maude McCormack
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 30

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    There is a rock beside St. Columcilles lake and there is a trout carved on it, and it is said that this is where he roasted the trouts.
    He said that nobody would ever get a curlew's nest and it was so.
    There is nobody in the parish called after the saint. His day is not kept as a holiday.
    He also cursed any school teacher that would abuse one child more than the other because he said they would be going about begging before they would die. One day he went into a school and the teacher asked a question, two of the children missed it and the teacher gave two slaps to one child and none to the other, the St. cursed him and said that he would never have a day’s luck and it happened.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenalla, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Andrew Mc Mahon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Glenalla, Co. Donegal