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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 194

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  1. A Fairy Dance (continued)

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    the man still dancing. They asked him to come home but he gave them the same reply. "Just wait till I finish this dance". At last they plucked up courage and jumped into the house and pulled the man outside and took him home.
    When he went into the house the baby was then walking as it was now a year old and it greeted him at the door He though that he was only a day away.
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  2. A Story of Churning

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    A Story of Churning.
    Long ago there lived a Protestant man a few miles outside Moville. He noticed that no matter how much milk he churned he never had any butter. He got some blessed salt from a Catholic man. When the man was giving him the
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carnagarve, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Laughlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moville, Co. Donegal