School: Ramelton (Mxd)
- Location:
- Rathmelton, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Henry C. Hamilton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 241
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- (continued from previous page)call fits. They are covered over mostly with rushes first, and then with clay, and left there until they are required for sale or for planting in the Spring.
- A man named a Simon Doherty who used to live in Rathmelton told this story about his dog.This dog was in Irish terrier, and was very intelligent. It was a good fighter, and it fought with every dog it met and was able to beat them all.Simon liked it so much that when it died he got a waistcoat made from the skin. When Simon had the waistcoat on and met another dog the hair on the waistcoat would rise as if it was going to fight.
- Informant
- Simon Doherty
- Address
- Rathmelton, Co. Donegal
