School: Allenwood
- Location:
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Seán Ó Clúmháin
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- (continued from previous page)want the shark to swallow him. They thought the grinding stone would take him to the bottom quickly. They threw the dead sailor over board and as soon as the shark saw him coming he opened his big mouth and swallowed him. Soon after that his son died on the same ship. They rest of the sailors rolled the dead body in canvas as they did with his father. They tied a hatchet out of him and they threw overboard. When the shark saw him coming he opened his mouth and swallowed him. Now the father and son were inside in the shark's stomach.
One day the sailors killed the shark and they drew(continues on next page)- Collector
- Kathleen Crosse
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Allenwood South, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Andrew Campbell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Allenwood, Co. Kildare