School: Lappen (roll number 2020)
- Location:
- Lappan, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ruanadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0938, Page 106
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - After the Battle of Clontarf some of the Danes remained in Ireland and at night one stopped in every house. The Irish arranged to kill everyone of them & the plot was carried out and only two escaped in a boat. They were captured. One of them was able to make a certain drink so the Irish said they would not kill him if he gave them the secret. He said he would if they would kill the other man & then he said "You can kill me now for I will not tell you". So the Irish killed him too.
- There was once a beggar man at Croc An Andy Bridge who was refused bread and he prophesied there would not be the cry of a child(continues on next page)
