School: Culdaff
- Location:
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ailís Eibhlín de Brún
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Story 18
“Once a man came home from Scotland to Ireland on his holidays.”
Story 18 March 1938Told by Edward DuganOnce a man came home from Scotland to Ireland on his holidays. One morning he was coming home at one o'clock from a party. When he was passing the little church on his way home, he saw a light inside it. He crept to the door, and looked up the aisle of the church. At the top, he saw a fire burning and a big pot was hanging over it. A man was sitting beside the fire and he was cutting something up with a large knife.The man turned, and ran home as quickly as he could. When he reached home, he said to his mother; "the Deil is in your kirk tonight, mother, and he is actually cutting the heads off the people".Now his old mother was a cripple, and walked with crutches, so she said to her son; "carry me(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Edward Dugan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Over 90
- Address
- Glebe, Co. Donegal