School: Clochar na Trócaire, Gort Inse Guaire
- Location:
- Gort, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0075
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- (continued from previous page)until he came to an old mill, and he went in to stay in it for the night.
As he did so, he went up in the loft. He was not long there until he heard a man and woman coming in. The woman began to tell the man about the bet she made.
She left down the two half crowns on the table, and the man left down a gun.
As the boy peeped over the bannister, it broke, and he fell down. As he did so, the man and woman ran for their lives; they thought it was a ghost.
Then the boy came down and took the two half crowns, and the gun. Then he walked to Birr, and sold the gun for two pounds. He walked home next morning with the two pounds, and the two half crowns in his pocket. He told the story to his parents and they were delighted to see him home again.
- Collector
- Sally Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballylennan, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr J. Corcoran
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballylennan, Co. Galway
