School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 181
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“There lived a man in Breaghy one time. One night as he was on his way home he saw four men carrying a coffin.”
(continued from previous page)opened, and the men went in with the coffin. The other man followed them and went in too. When he went in he saw a fire He went up and stood with his back to the fire. There came an old woman up out of the room. She went up to the man and hit him a slap along the jaw. She told him to clear away and said that this was no place for him. The man went home as fast as his legs could carry him. He passed the rock several times afterwards but saw nothing.There was another man one time and he went fishing one evening. There was a very bad step in the place where he was going. He had to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Doreen Holman
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Parkmore, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- M. Mc Garvey
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Parkmore, Co. Donegal