School: Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (roll number 1620)
- Location:
- Cooladawson, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig Mag Uidhir
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- Near Lough Swilby lives a family named Roulstone.
One day their grandmother bought a Grandfather clock, and from she bought it, it never worked.
One day it struck one, and after that came a letter saying their uncle was dead.
So if any relative of the family died it always struck one.
I think the clock can be seen there yet. - Not long ago in Mr Mac Menamin's yard, could be seen a figure of a tall woman and she always walked up through the yard and through a gate at the top of the yard, and did not open it just like a shadow.
Mr Mac Menamin said this woman haunted him because he has taken stones off a grave in Stranorlar grave yard to build his(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mr Mac Menamin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stranorlar, Co. Donegal