School: St Columb's Moville
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 290
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- (continued from previous page)her on his shoulder along the road until he came to a village.
He stopped opposite a public house there was a well opposite the door and he stood the old woman up with a stick in front of the well looking into it.
He went in and ordered two glasses of whiskey and he said to the woman of the shop gave that old woman a shout there and if she does not hear you go over and give her a shake so the woman went over and gave her a shake and she said, "here is a glass of whiskey for you," the stick fell and the woman fell into the well and the woman ran into the shop and she said, "Oh your mother fell into the well and Herden got in a great state trying to get her out, when he got her out, she was dead, and the woman gave him £100 to say nothing about it thinking she drowned(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nan Wylie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
