School: St Mary's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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- A man one night decided to spend a few hours on his céilidhe in his neighbour's house in Clonbeg. He went very frequently to this house.
His residence was only a few fields away from his neighbours house, and he went across so often that he could cross with his eyes closed.
He stayed at his friends house a considerable length of time, when he thought that he would go home.
He started on his short journey and when he past one field he tried to get into the next field but could not find the gap.
He spent a full hour in a fruitless attempt to get out of the field could not.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maisie Grant
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Maggie Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 71
- Address
- Ballymagan Upper and Lower and Clonblosk, Co. Donegal
