School: Stranorlar

Location:: Stranorlar, Co. Donegal
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 71

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“Once upon a time there was a very dry summer all the wells and streams were dried.”

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drink when an old ragged woman stood in the doorway and asked for some of the water. The girl looked at her mother and her mother nodded to give her some as soon as the old woman drank it her rags fell from her and there stood the same lady as had appeared to her at the well. At the same time the rusty "dipper" which she held in her hand had changed to diamonds. The girl asked to explain what this meant. She told her that since she had shared the water with her that she should never want food or drink and that the "dipper" should shine in the heavens for ever as a token of her kindness.
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Language

English

Collector
Maura Laverty
Gender

Female
Age

14
Address

Drumboe Lower, Co. Donegal

Informant
Miss Annie Huston
Gender

Female
Age

19
Address

Meenbane, Co. Donegal

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