School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)
- Location:
- Three Trees, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 411
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Then the hen wife said that the marriage would be directly. But the woman said no that some of them must be tested again, and if they failed they the would be beheaded next day.
Next day the mistress said that some of them would have to go into a fiery furnace with her.
Never To Be hot said that he would go in.
Then she jumped into the fire and stooped down in under the smoke.
Then she jumped out.
Never To-be Hot said put on a bigger fire for I am going to have a sleep.
He got in and soon they could hear him snoring loudly
In half an hours time he wakened and got up and he shook the sinders off him self.
The mistress not to be beaten got in and lay down. Soon they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sandie Allen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Three Trees, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Brown
- Relation
- Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aught, Co. Donegal
