School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 168
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- The (bogslide) year of the bogslide was a very wet yearIt started on the hill above Paddy Caterson and went down the hill as far as there was a slope.It was Francis Kelly of Ballybun that heard it bustling. He was coming from a dance in Goe Youngs of the Raws. He stopped in Baddy [?] Catersons and if he had not been going to it, they would have been drowned.When he got to the house they were sleeping and he rose them. So they run and left the house. They left a Sacred Heart lamp burning and the water did not go into it.It is said that the house will sink down into the log instead of being covered. John Mac Menamin told(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maureen Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Egglybane, Co. Donegal
