School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)
- Location:
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Úna M. Montgomery
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 55
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- Glenburn quarry is in a "gentle knoll". One day some men were quarrying stones there. The next day the returned to find the stones covered with blood.
- Collector
- Úna M. Montgomery
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Goorey, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- J. F. Colhoun
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killin, Co. Donegal
- In Drung about 1 ½ miles inland from Malin Presbyterian Church, which is on the shore road, there was a small gentle bush. A woman sowed some onions. She pulled the "gentle" bush to cover the onions so that the hens would not scrape them out. The onions did not grow.
- Once upon a time an old woman lived in this district. She had magic power and could turn herself into a hare. She lived with her little grandson.
One day a party of huntsmen came round. They had not succeeded in raising a hare. One of them offered the little boy a sum of money if(continues on next page)
