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School: St Columba's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 126

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    One day Colmcille was going through Leophin and as he was passing by a field he saw a beggar asking the farmer for some corn for his donkey that was standing at the side of the road. The man hit the beggar a slap on the face and told him to go away out of his sight. After that the beggar walked away sadly. When Colmcille saw this he became angry so he went into the field to the farmer and scolded him and he said that there would never come a good crop of potatoes or corn of
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Andy Mc Cracken
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Buncrana, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mick Cassidy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Liafin, Co. Donegal