School: Dún na nGall (roll number 2252)
- Location:
- Donegal, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: E. E. Oldfield
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- They brought me home. When I came home everybody welcomed me but after a long time the people thought I was magic, so they said they would put me to prison, and by a mercy to goodness I escaped.In a field on the Drumrooske [?] road near the fort in the parish of Donegal, a man built a wall and it was tossed every night so they stayed up one night and about two in the morning a thing came in the appearance of a rat and tossed the wall. Next night it came again. This time it had a red coat and hat on it and tossed the wall. It walked up to the fort and went into a hole. The people never built the wall again because they were afraid(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kirkpatrick
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumroosk, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr Andrew Mc Gee
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 93
- Address
- Drumroosk, Co. Donegal