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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1090, Page 303

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    and he put the wishing cap on himself and wished that he could kill this man without anybody knowing.
    As he was preparing to kill him this man snapped the wishing cap "and said"; "I wish. I wish I wish I Woe; I wish I was over in Fanad O", and to his surprise he was landed over in Donegal from all his enemies and had the wishing cap, and the wheel cart also in Donegal, and this is how the wheel carts came into Donegal first.
    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