School: Drumgownagh
- Location:
- Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Dominic Ó Huiginn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0222, Page 568
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- (continued from previous page)I stole a gallon of meal from the women next door and I can't get into Heaven until I pay it back.The woman knew the daughter's voice and she gave back the gallon of meal and then her daughter got to Heaven.
- My teacher gave me this story which she says is true. A woman named Mc Kenna once lived in Mullaghbrack.One of her sons lived in England and she longed to go see him. She fell sick one day and she said she would go over to see him.She did not get going over and when she was about six months under her illness she died.On the night of her death, her son in England, heard a knock at the door. He opened the door but there was nobody there. "It is someone playing a trick on me" he said to his wife. When he sat(continues on next page)
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- Bríghid Ní Buadhacháin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumgownagh, Co. Leitrim
