School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)
- Location:
- Glentogher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1115, Page 352
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- (continued from previous page)all spun he tied the wheel to the roof of the house and said that he would never ask her to spin again as long as he lived.
- Once upon a time there lived a man who was thought to be a great prophet. One night he came into a house. There happened to be a pot sitting beside the fire with the lid on. It was a fox that was inside. They wanted to try him to see was he smart and they asked him what was in the pot. He stood in silence for a while and said referring to himself "As long as the fox runs he gets caught at last". They said he was surely a prophet when he could tell things like this.
- Once upon a time there lived a man in Carndonagh called Patrick Doherty. He went to Derry to but a horse and there was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glentogher, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Philip Diver
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Meenyollan, Co. Donegal
