School: St Oran's, Buncrana

Location:
Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán Mac Éibhir
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    People called Bradley of Drumfries, Buncrana, had a pig one time and it could jump over a ditch two feet high. It could eat two tubs of potatoes at one time.
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  2. The sign of the cross is put on eggs for hatching and holy water is shaken on them. A bottle of holy water is kept hanging on the wall of the cowhouse to bring luck.
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  3. Some people hang up a bottle of Easter Water in the stable. They hang blessed palm above a horses head. The call for sheep is "Thugay" and the call for wee birds is "birdie".
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