School: Carraigíní (Carrigans)

Location:
An Carraigín, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Máire E. Ní Stiopháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1108, Page 11

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  1. (continued from previous page)
    22.
    The wife's grey locks e'er morn grew white,
    They say as the mountain snows.
    The man was as straight as a staff that night,
    And he stooped when the morn arose
    23.
    And every day and every year
    Aye as the clock struck nine
    The wee bit dog began to whine
    And the ghost came clattering in.
    24.
    That night there was a fearful flood
    Three days the sky had poured.
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