School: Leitir Mhic an Bhaird (Robertson) (roll number 15283)
- Location:
- Leitir Mhic an Bhaird, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Nábla Nic Amhlaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1054, Page 427
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- (continued from previous page)The fatties: this is the name given to a family because their father was a fat man.
Charlie Hausa:
Mary Napper: her father used to be breaking stones.
Charlie Bundawt:
Charlie the Head: he used to be herding cattle for the Hanlons
The Bean Pole: this man is very straight and that is why he got that name.
The Wee Sugar: this is a woman who has a habit of saying to the person she is talking to ‘you wee sugar”.
The Snoaks: this name is given to a family named Dohertys.
Hazar: he used to have a dance every night.
Willie Ross
John Shoot
The Gramophone: this woman has a great turn of the tongue and this name is given to her family now.
Mary Click: she is continually talking about boys- Collector
- Nábla Nic Amhlaidhé
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir