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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

Location:
Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 070

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    night and when the fourteen men knocked at the door the warrior threw water on the fire and quenched it and then he took off his coat and he dipped it in a churn of cream. Then he put his white coat on him and he got his knife which he had for the purpose of killing men.
    He opened the door and the men walked in one by one and he stuck every one of the fourteen men. They were fully armed but they thought that the man was one of their own men because he had a white coat on him and they did not fight against him
    He died some years later and
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. giants (~518)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghaderrard West, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Daniel Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Gorteendarragh, Co. Leitrim