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School: Ray (2) (roll number 16607)

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Ray, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seósaimhín Ní Ghallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1086, Page 142

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    sat up all night and rubbed the butter on the hounds legs and on his own legs. When the race began he ran along with the hounds after the hare and he was only a small piece behind the hounds at the end of the race.
    Dan Mac Fadden, my great grand father, was a great walker. He lived in the Chee-Park, a few miles from Rathmullan. He walked to Lough Derg every year and back again without eating anything and he did not break his fast till the next morning.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sádhbh Ní Ghríanna
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathmullan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Maighread Nic Phaidin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Occupation
    Oibrí tí
    Address
    Rathmullan, Co. Donegal