School: Ballinakillew (roll number 8433)
- Location:
- Ballynakillew Mountain, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mary K. Nutt
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- On a hill called Lurgan Hill, there is a large flat stone, and people say that it is a giant’s grave. There is also a large stone in the shape of a chair, and people can sit on it. It is supposed that the giant used to sit on this chair in olden times.
- Collector
- Evelyn Harron
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Bridgetown, Co. Donegal
- Once upon a time there was a woman who lived very near a wood, and it was supposed that fairies lived in this wood. This woman and a little girl used to go to ramble in a neighbour’s house in the wood. One very dark night the woman went by herself. When she was coming home she got wandered and was there for a whole night. In the morning she started to call the little girl’s name, and the little(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Evelyn Harron
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Bridgetown, Co. Donegal