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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 239

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    get her he carried her away; and when he was going past a lime-kiln in Larahirl which was burning and there he buried her poor body in flames.
    When the people were coming home from Mass they saw drops of blood along the road. When they traced them they came to the childs house to find a baking dish with the half-mixed "doe" for a cake in it and the wall badly spotted with blood and a knife covered with blood to the handle.
    The bloody spots are still on the wall of the house and the people had to paint it red to cover the spots. They traced the Kiln and got her body very badly burned and the baking spoon in her hand.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Deeny
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mary Shiels
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Muff, Co. Donegal