School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)
- Location:
- Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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- There was once a beggar who wanted lodgings. He went up to a farm house and asked for lodgings. The farmer said he would give him lodgings and a pound if he would sleep in his haunted house. So the beggar went went to the house. About twelve o'clock he was taking off his boots and a voice spoke and said, "There is nobody here but you and me". Then the beggar said, "If I had on my other boot there would be nobody here but you."
- Collector
- Nellie Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garshooey, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Maggie Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Paddy landed in America and went on the wrong train. The porter put him out and put him in another train. Paddy started to curse and there was a clergy-man in the train along with him. The clergy-man said to him, "Do you(continues on next page)