School: Kilavoggy (roll number 2178)
- Location:
- Killavoggy, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0202, Page 086
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- (continued from previous page)he went out and he saw good grass on the house so he proposed he would brung up the cow on the house. He got a ladder and put a rope on the cows neck and pulled up the ladder. But when he would have the cow up half way she would pull him down again but at last he got her up. When he had her above he tied the rope to his leg so that he could work through the house and keep her above on the house. But when put down the pot of porridge he began stirring it the cow pulled him up the chimney and let him fall into the pot. The woman came in and when she heard all she wasn't able to speak. But after a while she saw him cutting a 1/4 lb of meat which hung over the children. She asked him what he was cutting it for. He said it might fall on the child and kill him. That was the last time he was left within.
- Collector
- Alice Dolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 15
- Informant
- James Dolan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Garvagh, Co. Leitrim
