School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)
- Location:
- Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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- (continued from previous page)The next day a strange man came in to the house. They told him they had no food. The man went out again and before long he came in carrying a sheep on his shoulder. He gave them the sheep and skinned it for them and also gave them a pound note to buy goods of every kind. They thanked the man. Then the man left. The next evening again the man came in and gave them a sheep and a pound note. The other brother missed another sheep. The brother went in and told his mother. The mother then told him to go out and what ever house the least snow was on the were they ones who were stealing the sheep. The son went out and there was only a small amount of snow on the brothers house. He went in and told the mother. Then the mother said "tell your brother we are going to have a dance and that we have too much furniture." I will get(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Meehan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- Agharroo, Co. Leitrim