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School: Dristeran (roll number 2131)

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Dristernan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cnaimhsighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1122, Page 245

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    looked around he saw nobody and he started to cut away at the scallops. But if he did he was as bald as a limerock when he awoke in the morning.
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    One time there was an old man named Peter Gillen who was herding his cows beside William McCallion's garden. In this garden it is said there is a tree and it falls every seven years and rises again.
    No one ever saw it falling or rising. One day as Peter was herding he saw the tree lying on the ground and after a while he saw it standing again but he never saw it falling or rising. At night he was coming home he could not get across the river and he went into William McCallion's garden and it turned very dark. A big
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    Peter Gillen
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Gleneely, Co. Donegal