School: Clar (roll number 11561)
- Location:
- Clarcam, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Alastair Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1035, Page 405
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The boys thinking that she had some magic ran away and never came near again. From that day till the day she died she stayed by herself. Not one ever touched her or the money.
13-7-1938
- Once upon a time when the trains first came there was an excursion to Derry. A man named Martin went. When he was coming home he missed the train and he began the line. When he was half way he met a fairy and told him to get into her coach and she would leave have at Lough- Eske as quickly as the train. While they were coming down the road, the fairy him would would he come and work for her. She gave him a week to(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Paddy Brogan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Finnabanes, Co. Dhún na nGall
