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School: St Boden's, Culdaff

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Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 123

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  1. Shipwreck - Merry Snow

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    Long ago, it was a custom, to set up a fire near the shores, and hail the ships to come ashore.
    About this time there lived a man in Glennagiveny who became a butler on a ship called the Merry Snow.
    Before he left home he took a man with him to the Glen' Bay and told him to be ready with some other men from around and be at the shore on a certain date.
    One night about a week later the ship came near the shore and the Glennagiveny people who were waiting on the shore set up a great fire: and the butler on the ship said that this was his home, and told the Captain to go into that bay as it
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
        1. shipwrecks (~384)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna S. Ní Dhuíbhne
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Hugh Harvey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    38
    Address
    Gleneely, Co. Donegal