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School: Mín Charraigeach (roll number 7188)

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Meencargagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín Nic Ghiolla Uain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1096, Page 174

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    up a tree from its roots when a crowd of tiny men came running up to him. They asked him why he was taking away their home, and they asked him to replace the tree in the very spot from which he had pulled it. He refused to do so and he began to fight with them.
    They all gathered round him, they blind-folded him with bags, and they tied his legs with barbed-wire. Nobody was able to loosen him from his bonds. Most people were glad, and they allowed him to die with hunger. He was buried in a bog because he was neither a Catholic nor a Protestant.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Goland, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Alex Flanagan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Cappry, Co. Donegal