School: Urblereagh

Location:
Urbalreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. D. Quigley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 199

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    the treasure up.
    Before long they dug up the plates too, and the fairy appeared. It warned them also but they kept on digging.
    Not long after this one of the diggers dropped dead. The rest of them thought the death was caused by the fairy so covering up the hole they ran home.
    From that day to this the treasure was never found.
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  2. I have heard of many severe storms but this is one in particular that I am going to write about.
    On 21st November 1882 there was a great wind storm and it lasted for two days.
    It came on suddenly and gave no warning until the people were asleep in bed. On that account many houses were stripped that otherwise might have been saved. As it was,
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    Topics
    1. processes and phenomena
      1. severe weather (~1,727)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid T. Houten
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Malin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Denis Houten
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Malin, Co. Donegal