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School: Glentidaly (roll number 9983)

Location:
Glentidaly, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. M. Heron
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 221

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    sitting at the other side.
    When he got her with her eyes closed he threw a burning sod at her feet and she was badly scalded.
    This was to keep her from blinking everybody's cows.
    One other time she went into some other person's byre and took all the milk from their cows.
    As she was going out again the people for her and my great uncle shot her in the leg and wounded her.
    When the clergy came to see her, he said that if she had stayed at home nothing would have happened her.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Scott Stevenson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygay, Co. Donegal