School: Convent of Mercy, Moville (roll number 9278)

Location:
Moville, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Sr. Celestine Clarke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 190

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    cleaned them and sent them home. Time after time the man stole down to the shore when his mermaid wife was cleaning the children and tried to catch her but he never succeeded.
    Francis Molloy,
    1. Foster Terrace
    Moville
    This story was told by :-
    Mrs. Treacy,
    Malin Road,
    Moville.
    Co. Donegal
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Long ago it was a custom that the byre should not be cleaned out when it was dark and if it was cleaned out in the dark the people who owned it would have bad luck.
    In Moville there lived a man who would not believe in this. He went out and cleaned his byre when it was dark. When he went into the byre in the morning his best cow was dead.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Molloy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Groarty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal