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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 167

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  2. Witch on Road

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    One day a man was walking along the road and he met a woman on a level part of the road. She was lying on the "dyke" and then she got up and as soon as the man passed she stood. When the man was about four yards from her he looked round and she was still in the same place he looked round again and she disappeared and he heard a voice saying she was a witch.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Deeny
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Brigid Mc Colgan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Laraghirril, Co. Donegal

  3. A Fairy Tree

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    In this parish there was a tree which is now dead and rotten, this tree was a gentle tree and no one ever touched it. One evening a certain man was taking home his cows, and
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