School: Rath Sionnaigh
- Location:
- Rashenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Suibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 196
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There was a giant living in Biron hill long ago, He was supposed to throw a stone before his breafast, and he threw it from the hill to the main land. A part of this stone is in for a gevil of a house. There was a man out hunting one day and he rose a Large hair. He fired two shots at her but he did kill her. He then put a sixpence in the gun, and he was about to fire when the hare turned into an old witch, and the man got afraid. There was a woman one time, and she was on her way from Ardaugh to Poland, and she was lifted down by a witch.
There was a Giant in Coolcross, and it is said that he threw a stone from Mara-Mor to Coolcross hill, and this stone is to be seen yet. It is said that the(continues on next page)
