School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)
- Location:
- Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Thomas Dillon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 226
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- (continued from previous page)related the whole affair to Manie he stritched back and with wan murderin yell he departed this life. God rest his sowl.
Manie and her young hopeful Paidin heir to the "long farm" was in very poor circumstances for they had only wan cow whose only grazing was the road. As Paidin grew up a long stripling lad with mad red hair and two firie eyes sunk back in his head, and poor Manie who thought the sun shone on Paidin alone was living on one hope to see Paidin a fine strapping man.
One fine spring's morning Paidin came rushing into his mother shoutin that the cow couldn't rise. "Bless the Baste" [beast] cried the mother what in the name of all japers can be troublin the animal. Out goes Marie to take look at the only manes of support between them and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John O Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Egan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcoosy, Co. Leitrim
