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 221
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- (continued from previous page)Moville to Derry carrying the mail. He stayed the night in Derry and walked back the following day. But he had to deliver letters at certain points going and coming. He carried the post-bags on his back attached to a rope, and in front he had a weight to balance the bags behind. Later , in time, the postman rode to Derry and back in the same day carrying the mails. Of course, he must have had a relay of horses.This folklore is an extract from a lecture on Moville and it's neighbourhood by ; Bishop Montgomery, Moville.
- Meat was little known in Moville long ago. My father, born in 1809, said, they used to have meat in at the rectory on Sundays only. At times a man would call to say he had "a view of a sheep", would the rector take a piece if he killed? Or a man would come carrying round a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Mc Gowen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carnagarve, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Bishop Montgomery
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Bishop
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
