School: Ráth Séideóg (roll number 8786)
- Location:
- Rashedoge, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Brighid Ní Dhomhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1104, Page 36
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- One day a woman was putting on a pot of potatoes. The water spilled from the bucket and when she looked around it had disappeared in a hole in the hearth. When her husband came, he lifted the flag and found a cave, it is believed, in which a priest hid long ago.
- Collector
- Edward Mc Monagle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Kilpheak, Co. Donegal
- St. Colm Cille was reading one day. He went away and forgot his book, leaving it on a rock. He sent a cleric for it. There was a shower, but an eagle was perched on the rock, its wings outspread to keep the open pages of the book dry.
- A house near Temple Douglas was owned by Protestants. One night they planned to shoot the Catholics. When they went to the pantry where(continues on next page)
