School: Stranorlar
- Location:
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Giolla Chomhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 93
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- Once upon a time St Colmcille was crossing the river Finn at a place called Corraguill Fintown. He happened to slip on a salmon and fell. He was very angry and he foretold that no salmon would cross the river until the railway would be made and until the black pig meaning the train would cross it. This came true for no salmon ever crossed the river until the railway was made.
- Collector
- Mary Mulrine
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- B. Herron
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 20
- Address
- Baile na Finne, Co. Donegal
Folklore
“Once upon a time a woman had a very cross child who cried from morning till night.”
Once upon a time a woman had a very cross child who cried from morning till night. One day a little woman came into the house and advised the mother to wash the child in hot water and baking soda. The mother did this and the child was changed into a broom. After this the mother found out that the strange little woman was a fairy.
