School: Fanaid (roll number 10658)
- Location:
- Fánaid, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1089, Page 218
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- (continued from previous page)chickens. All food no matter how carefully prepared became old & unpalatable when put on the table for the family.
At night not even the servants were allowed to sleep. They were annoyed by something rolling along through their rooms & all lights would blow out & a dreadful preasure would crush them in bed.
A grand aunt of Hugh McAteer had to go each evening to sleep with the other two girls in it as apparently it did not annoy a catholic inmate.
When the proud-land owner besought forgiveness from the angered priest he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cáitlín Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Hugh Mc Ateer
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Drumfad, Co. Donegal
