School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 007
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- (continued from previous page)would not leave one of them aliveI gathered up all my corn and cleaned it and put it in a sack. I had then to go to the market. I had no way to bring it only on the old white horse. I had no shoes on him. I brought him to the forge and got a set of shoes on him with eight nails in every shoe. I brought him home and placed the corn on him and started to the market.I had a large river to cross and there was a big salmon in it and if the horse did not catch his 32 nails in her back. He pulled but poor thing he broke his back. I then had to take off the sack and leave at the river bank. I looked around me and I saw a number of sheep feeding on the hill top. I went up and caught one killed it an skinned it and coiled the sheepskin around the back(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frank Duignan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corracramph South, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- John Mc Kiernan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 40
- Address
- Corracramph South, Co. Leitrim
