About seventy years ago there lived a man near St Johnston named Mr Cunnigham.

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs S Lucas.

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Story

Story collected by Brigid Reid, a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) from informant Mr P. Reid.

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Some years ago two funerals were proceeding along a country road in the neighbourhood of the town of Omagh when an invisible bell began tolling.

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) from informant Mr Walter Mc Gaghey.

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Trades and Local Industries

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) (no informant identified).

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One Halloweve night after partaking of a festive supper and spending a pleasant hour conversing ...

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) from informant Ruby Virtue.

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The Legend of Stumpy's Brae

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) (no informant identified).

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Cures

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) (no informant identified).

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Near St Johnston some years ago a servant man was set to work to stub a Glen in which grew gentry bushes.

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) from informant Mrs S Lucas.

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There is a holy well of some virtue in the neighbourhood of this school about three quarters of a mile distant.

Story collected by a student at Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) school (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal) (no informant identified).

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Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson)

A collection of folklore and local history stories from Cúl an Dasain (Cooladawson) (school) (Cooladawson, Co. Donegal), collected as part of the Schools' Folklore Scheme, 1937-1938 under the supervision of teacher Pádraig Mag Uidhir.

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