School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 139
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“There were two men working with a gentleman, a father and his son.”
(continued from previous page)were in bed. The men got a ladder and went up to the top of the castle. They got a rope and let Jack down the chimney without making any noise. They they pulled up the rope and tied the three bags to the end of it and let them down to Jack.When Jack had the bags full of gold and silver the men on the top of the castle let down the rope. Jack tied the three bags to the rope and the three men pulled the rope up again. The men did not let down the rope to pull Jack up, but went to look at all the gold they got. Jack didn't know what to do. He walked about the castle and he got the skin of a goat with horns on it. Jack put the skin on him got a gallon, and began to make noise about the castle. The gentleman(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Michael Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloverhill or Corglass, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Laurence Fee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghnawall, Co. Leitrim