School: St Columba's, Buncrana
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ua Gallchobhair
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- One time a crowd of men began to play cards in Johnny Loughrey's house in Trillick. They played every night for a fortnight and then they bought a card-table. One of the men was James Friel and one night he invited them to come and play at his house. He agreed to take the card-table with him and when they left that night he set out for home with the card table on his back. When he was about a mile from home he met a man. "Hello James" said the man "will you play me a game of cards". "I will" said James "but where is the light." "I have a candle" said the man. James put down the card table and produced a pack of cards from his pocket. James won the first game and then he dealt the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Charles Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr Hugh Armour
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal