School: Drumaweir (roll number 5228)
- Location:
- Drumaweer, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Aodh Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 153
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- (continued from previous page)then taken off the fire and the contents put into large dishes and left to cool. When cold it was served with cow's milk and made a very tasty meal. Many wayfarers at that time would gibe old Ann a call and would be thankful for a meal and before long the name of Ann Duggan was known over the North of Ireland famed for what was called the "Famine Dish" now known as Carageen Moss.
- One evening my uncle and a friend of his journeyed up Balleighan Hill to play a few games of cards. They played till late into the night sometimes losing but when they at last stopped playing my uncle and his friend had won a few shillings. The owner of the house made them a cup of tea and as soon as they finished with it they started for home coming through the fields for it was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cahal Mc Donald
- Gender
- Male
