School: Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (roll number 1620)
- Location:
- Cooladawson, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mag Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1100, Page 61
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- (continued from previous page)fairies, and they used it for their playground, and they would not let it be cultivated.
- About seventy years ago outside St Johnston on a little hill, a figure of a man was seen to walk by night, and when he came to the middle of the hill he disappeared up a little lane, and every person round that part of the country saw him, and my grandmother saw him.
After this a man named Mac Connell was building a house at the end of the lane, and when looking for a foundation he came on the bones of a large man about seven feet high, and where his neck ought to have been there was a gold collar and it was dated from the 16th century.
After the collar was found the figure was never seen again.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs S. Lucas
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