64676: Prizes for Gaelic at Valtos School

Excerpt from Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser

LOCAL AND DISTRICT NEWS: UIG

Friday November 5th. 1920

VALTOS PUBLIC SCHOOL In connection with the prizes offered by Dr. Porter for the best-told Lewis folk-lore tales written in Gaelic, the following pupils of Valtos School have been successful in securing money prizes:-

Annie M. Matheson 2nd prize (equal); Margaret M. Matheson 4th prize; Margaret Matheson 5th prize (equal); Christine Mackay 5th prize (equal).

To each of the unsuccessful competitors the Doctor sends book prizes and the sum of one shilling.

Details
Record Type:
Story, Report or Tradition
Date:
1920
Type Of Story Report Tradition:
Newspaper Article
Record Maintained by:
HC