School: Naomh Pádraig, Carn Domhnaigh (roll number 14359)

Location:
Carndonagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Gallchobhair

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the rock and returned to the house. Then he looked in the mirror again and he saw his hair had returned.

One day a farmer took two of his sturdiest horses and a plough to a field by the roadside and he started to plough. The horses were known all over the place by their health and strength so the farmer was very proud of them. When he started ploughing it did not take the horse's long. He was in the middle of the ploughing when an old woman who was going by stopped.
"Them's two good horses you've got there Mr Doherty" she said and passed on. As soon as she rounded the next

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Collector
Michael Galbraith
Gender
male
Informant
Mickey Mac Laughlin
Gender
male
Age
53
Address
Carndonagh, Co. Donegal
Language
English