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School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)

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Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 166

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    “Once upon a time there was a man and he went to the well and took in a bucket of water and put it in the pot, to boil potatoes for the dinner.”

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    “There was an eel down along our ditch beside the river and when the sun would be setting, you would hear the whistling of it a mile away.”

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    There was an eel down along our ditch beside the river and when the sun would be setting, you would hear the whistling of it a mile away.
    The people would have their houses closed up before the sun would set, for fear it would come in.
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    It is said that "It is not lucky to put out ashes after the sun sets", and "it is not lucky to clean the byre on a Friday".
    It is not lucky to drive an animal "with a bendweed", or it is not lucky "to hit any one with a broom" for they wont get any bigger
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    “Over at Fintown lough there lived in this side of the lough a brother and sister.”

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    Over at Fintown Lough there lived in this side of the lough a brother and sister.
    They gathered a party, and when the party was learning, they told them to
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