School: An Mhainistir, Cloch na Rón

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1. The Man who Got Lost in the Cliff (continued)

   

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   the young man used to get them and roast them for he had plenty of wood to burn. This man had a young brother at home named Charley. The little boy had a dream one night and he dreamt that his big brother was in the cave which Curry's window lead to. His father paid no heed to him, but the little boy did not want his big brother to die with the hunger, so he stole a big brown cake of bread from his mother and climbed up the side of the cliff to where the window was, he let it drop down and he went home again. His big brother who was in the cave was eating a big fish when he heard the noise behind him. He looked back what did he see but the big brown cake. He got up and went over to where the cake was, that cake he said is like the cakes my mother makes at home.

   He took it with him and he eat some of it along with the fish. The next night Charley has the same dream and he told his father about it again. Then his father said, that it must be in the cave he was, so himself and a few other men climbed up to the window. They let down one of the men by a long rope and who did he meet below but the lost man. Then they pulled up the man they let down and they let down the rope again to the man below. He caught hold of the

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael O' Toole

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ervallagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Martin O' Toole

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 45

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Ervallagh, Co. Galway