School: An Mhainistir, Cloch na Rón
- Location:
- Roundstone, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Ambrós Ó Conaill
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- (continued from previous page)would have the finest castle in it. The employer's maid heard his plans and told the man about the plot. Then the man told his employer that he had to go back to Ireland for a tool that was necessary to finish the castle. The employer told him to stay and he would send a messenger for it. The man agreed provided the employer's son was the messenger. So the employer's son was sent to the man's house for what the man called "a twist for a twist and a turn for a turn". The woman brought him into the house and showed him a big box. She told him to put his hand into it and get the tool. He did so and she caught him by the legs and threw him into the box and locked him in. Then she sent word to England that she had him safely locked up and that she intended keeping him there until her husband was permitted to return to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Robert Dundas
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Richard Dundas
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Roundstone, Co. Galway