1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tamney (Robertson)

School: Tamney (Robertson)

Location:
Tawny, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mrs Kyle
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 301

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 301

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tamney (Robertson)
  2. XML Page 301
  3. XML “How Wheelcarts First Came to Fanad”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. How Wheelcarts First Came to Fanad

    Share Share Post
    There was a man one time and he went away to the Highlands of Scotland to get work.
    He walked all day until it came to night, and he got no work or no place that he could get lodging for the night.
    He did not know where he was so he walked on through hills and dales, until he saw a light a good piece in the distance.
    He went over to it and knocked at the door, and an old woman came out, and he asked her if he could get lodgings for that night. He told her his story how he was, and where he was was, and then she said that he could get lodgings for the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John J. Borland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tawny, Co. Donegal