School: Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (roll number 1620)
- Location:
- Cooladawson, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mag Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1100, Page 14
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- It would appear that a young man once asked an old man in St Johnston town in County Donegal a station on the G.N. Railway to point him out the way to Strabane. He was told to go by Stumpy's Brae, but he remarked that he had never heard of Stumpy's Brae, and did not know the situation of it whereupon the old man told him the yarn as under. Perhaps it would be well to remark that there is a strong indication of the Scotch Accent in the district like (?) what we call "broken Scotch." -
Heard ye us' tell o' Stumpy's Brae?
Sit down sit down young friend!
I'll mak' your flesh to creep today,
And your hair to stand on end.Young man it's hard to strive wi' sin
And the hardest strife o' a'
In when the greed o' gain creeps in,
And drives God's grace awa'.Oh it's quick to do, but it's lang to rue
When the punishment comes at last,
And we would gi' the world to undo
The deed that's done and past(continues on next page)
