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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh

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Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
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An tSr. A. Nic Fhionnlaoich An tSr. M. Beinín
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    “It was customary with the old people to get up very early on the first morning of May in order to see the first morning smoke in the chimneys about fifty years ago there lived an old woman in Strass, two miles outside Carndonagh, Co Donegal.”

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    a vessel big enough to hold the milk and butter.
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    “About fifty years ago there was a house in the parish of Carndonagh and it was supposed to be haunted.”

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    About fifty years ago there was a house in the parish of Cardonagh and it was supposed to be haunted. One night some men were in this house and they heard something like a lorry coming in through the window but they could not see anything, and it moved over towards the wall, it moved up the wall and the sound was like that of a chain being dragged along.
    They heard something like a shower of stones falling on the floor and the delph on the dresser began to shake. This continued all during the night and when morning came it died out. People attributed these strange happenings to a soul in torment in the next world.
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    “About fifty years ago there was a man who lived in a townland in Inishowen.”

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    About forty years ago there was a man who lived in a townland in Inishowen. He was herding
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    Folktales index
    AT0503: The Gifts of the Little People
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Josephine Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Eddie Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal