School: Drumfries (roll number 1572)
- Location:
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: P. E. Ó Dubhthaigh
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- Long ago when houses were built in Baim.
Baim is a mountain on the north of Drumfries School.
Two brothers named William and John Fullerton lived in one of these Baim houses.
One very windy night the brothers came in from a ceilidhe in a neighbours house. They lay in a kitchen bed and soon were fast asleep.
As the night wore on it got more and more windy. One of the brothers were wakened by a fearfull gust of wind.
He saw an old woman sitting by the fire. He grew afraid. After awhile he heard her muttering "Ha! the Saldanna's down."
It was heard afterwards that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Teresa O' Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mary O' Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Drumfree, Co. Donegal
