School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)

Location:
Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary K. Nutt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 424

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  4. XML “A Fright”

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  2. A Fright.
    This is a trick that was played in Bridgetown a good many years ago on Hallow E’ve night.

    This night two girls went to a lime kiln to play this. Throwing a ball of wool into a lime kiln and saying “who holds my ball.”

    So it happened that a man was listening to their conversation and he went to the lime kiln and hid in it and waited till the two girls threw in the ball and call “who holds my ball.” He
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