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 72

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  1. Near Lough Swilby lives a family named Roulstone.
    One day their grandmother bought a Grandfather clock, and from she bought it, it never worked.
    One day it struck one, and after that came a letter saying their uncle was dead.
    So if any relative of the family died it always struck one.
    I think the clock can be seen there yet.
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  2. Not long ago in Mr Mac Menamin's yard, could be seen a figure of a tall woman and she always walked up through the yard and through a gate at the top of the yard, and did not open it just like a shadow.
    Mr Mac Menamin said this woman haunted him because he has taken stones off a grave in Stranorlar grave yard to build his
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Mac Menamin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Stranorlar, Co. Donegal