School: Lathaigh (Laghey)

Location:
Laghy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 069

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    They kept him away for three days. His parents did not know where he was. They searched all over the country side for him but they could not get him. On the third day a man was going across the mountain and he saw him sitting on a bank. He told him all the places he was. The man asked his name and where he lived. He took him back to his own home and from that day until the day he died he never grew any bigger. He learned the trade of shoe making . Some time after this he was killed by a motor (in).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Eddie Gorman
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 55