School: Srath an Urláir (roll number 13367)
- Location:
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Antoine Ó Tiománaidhe
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“In the town of Ballybofey, Co Donegal lived a tailor, named Johnnie Reid.”
(continued from previous page)my way to the kitchen. The fire had been "raked" the night before, so I put the red coals together in a heap, got a few turf from the kitchen corner where they had been placed the previous night and soon I had a good fire blazing, that would warm the cockles of your heart. I could not start working without a drop of tea, so I filled the kettle, hung it on the fire to boil, and went to the front door to have a look up and down the street.
Just as I got to the door a big hare dashed past at top speed, turned the corner and was out of sight in a wink. I pulled the door after me and started hot haste after her. I soon came within sight of her, so I increased my pace and began to gain gradually on her.
I turned her in the Diamond in Raphoe and she made straight for Ballybofey again. Over the same course(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sean Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Anthony Timony
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballybofey, Co. Donegal