School: Clochar na Trócaire, Carn Domhnaigh
- Location:
- Ballylosky, Co. Donegal
- Teachers: An tSr. A. Nic Fhionnlaoich An tSr. M. Beinín
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“There was a boy named John Brian who lived in Gleneely, about forty years ago.”
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“It was customary with the old people to get up very early on the first morning of May in order to see the first morning smoke in the chimneys about fifty years ago there lived an old woman in Strass, two miles outside Carndonagh, Co Donegal.”
It was customary with the old people to get up very early on the first morning of May in order to see the first morning smoke in the chimneys. About fifty years ago there lived an old woman in Strass, two miles outside Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, who got up very early on the first morning of May in order to see the first smoke. She went outside and she saw a smoke in the neighbour's chimney and she called, "Come all to me, come all to me." There was a man coming home from a a dance and he heard her calling, "Come all to me," and he said, "Come half to me." Next day his mother churned and she could not get(continues on next page)- Collector
- Mary Josephine Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Eddie Doherty
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Donegal