School: Scoil Naomh Colmcille, Kilmacrennan (roll number 17036)
- Location:
- Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 71
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- There was a boy and a girl keeping company. The girl was of high-up people and the boy was only a servant. The girl’s mother did not know how she could keep them separated and so she gave the girl a large sum of money and sent her away a long distance to a situation. The girl wrote a letter to the boy. The boy wrote back an answer and they had considerable correspondence afterwards. The boy wrote a letter and told her he would meet her on a “Hallow Eve” night at a certain hour. The girl had her clothes ready on that night and was out and in waiting on him and at long last she went out and she(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Dhubhthaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
