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School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 156

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  1. Cloven Foot

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Grace Long
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Brigid Mc Colgan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Laraghirril, Co. Donegal

  2. Kicking Man - Penny-Farthing Days

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    Mr Fleming was the first to get a bicycle about Culdaff and it was the first anyone about the village saw. It was a penny farthing-bike with a big wheel in front and a tiny wheel behind. One day a little boy came to his father calling to his father, "daddy a kicking man," his father looked out and saw Mr Fleming passing
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