School: Newtownmanor (roll number 4905)
- Location:
- Newtownmanor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: P. Mac Néill (Nelson)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0199, Page 279
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- (continued from previous page)safely and he was nothing the worse of being nearly drowned only that his clothes were very wet. This man is dead at present. He died last Summer but his children are still living on the island.
- My story is about a police man who was stationed at Fivemilebourne and who was very fond of fishing. One day he went out fishing in Lough Gill and when he was in the middle of the lake he took out his watch to look at the time. The watch fell into the lake and the moment it did he jumped in after it and when he reached the bottom he listened and he heard it ticking. He found the watch and brought it up with him. This man's name was John Neil.
- Collector
- Jim Cunningham
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fawnlion, Co. Leitrim
