School: Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (roll number 1620)

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   was afraid, and she ran out to her mother who was in Hugh Temple's house.
   One night when the Temples were sleeping a man came and knocked at the door, and began rattling tins, and William got up and there was no-one there. Then he went back to bed, and it was a ghost that was rattling.

   

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   Once upon a time a man was going to sell his cow, and the next day was Raphoe fair. He got up early in the morning and set out on his journey, and when he was on his way he saw an old woman and she was a butter witch. She began to call "Come all to me, Come all to me", and the man said "Come share to me, Come share to me." When the man reached the fair

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Huston

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullandrait, Co. Donegal