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School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)

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An tArd Bán, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 055

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    “Till the present day there is a cave which is called the "black rock" and which lies near Glenties.”

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    limping on three legs. A short time after he saw a man going down the road in a great hurry and a short time after that he saw the doctor going to the house that the old woman lived in.
    On his way back from hunting he was talking to the doctor and asked him where he was. The doctor told him he was after being on a very strange sick call. That he was after taking a sixpence out of an old woman's leg. The hunter said "I am the man that put that sixpence in her leg" and told the Doctor the whole story. "Well, if I had to know that it would be in her leg yet" said the Doctor.
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    “Till the present times there is a lot of old habits which are kept up such as the bonfire night on the twenty-third of June.”

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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aloysious Mac Shane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    An tArd Bán, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    Peter Mc Shane
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    61
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    An tArd Bán, Co. Dhún na nGall