School: Na Frasa (roll number 16375)
- Location:
- Frosses, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán Mac Robhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 172
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- (continued from previous page)the police came to search around the place where the "poteen" was hidden. A man got a creel on his back and pretended he had a jar of "poteen" in it and ran for a mile with the "Revenue" after him. When he was caught he had only a stone in the creel. When the "Revenue" came back? the "poteen" was removed.
I heard on another account? of a man in Ballymachill that made "poteen" and used to sell it in Dunkineely. The "Revenue" heard of it and they watched for him day and night. The man got a small boy who used to sell turf in the town. He used a donkey and two creels. The man put a jar of "poteen" in each creel of turf and passed the "Revenue on the road and got safely into the town of Dunkineely.
On another occasion men in the Drumarone district made "poteen" and used to sell it in Donegal town. The police in Donegal got(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máighread Ní Fhrighil
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Drumard, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Harley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumard, Co. Donegal
