School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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“Once upon a time there was a man and he went to the well and took in a bucket of water and put it in the pot, to boil potatoes for the dinner.”
(continued from previous page)He put on a very big fire and when the pot should have been boiled, he put in his hand, and there was a small fish swimming in the water, and the water was as cold as ever.(no title)
“There was an eel down along our ditch beside the river and when the sun would be setting, you would hear the whistling of it a mile away.”
There was an eel down along our ditch beside the river and when the sun would be setting, you would hear the whistling of it a mile away.
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- Katie Murray
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- Female
- Age
- 12
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“Over at Fintown lough there lived in this side of the lough a brother and sister.”
Over at Fintown Lough there lived in this side of the lough a brother and sister.
They gathered a party, and when the party was learning, they told them to(continues on next page)