School: Gaduidhe Dubh (C.)
- Location:
- Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín Ní Mhiothagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 387
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- Story.
Occured in the time of the Penal law.
Once upon a time there lived in a little house three nice girls. The youngest girl was twenty years and she was the nicest of the three. The law was that time that everyone was to keep no light after nine oclock. One day these three handsome girls were washing. They had a terrible big washing to do and on that account it was late at night when they were finished. When they finished the washing the three sat down at the fireside to take(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Grace Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tirhoran, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Joseph Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Tirhoran, Co. Donegal
