School: Gartan (roll number 13755)
- Location:
- Bellville or Gartan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Dhuibhe
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- Once Saint Columba was pursued by his enemies. He ran through a bog and tried to climb a turf bank. But he was caught. He asked the people to leave a step on the end of the bank ever after, so that anybody could get up.
To this day, men leave a step at the end of the bank when cutting turf.James Russell,
Churchtown,
Churchill,
Lifford,
CO. Donegal
Told to me by James Forrest (Age 60 years)
Roshin,
Churchill
Lifford- Collector
- James Russell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Churchtown, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Forrest
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Roshin, Co. Donegal