School: Lochán Mór
- Location:
- Loughane More, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)We pulled him out in the tide, four lads on the oars & I behind holding the rope. When the devil got out in the water he shook himself & faced out for Sriúil & as hard as the four on the oars could pull the boat was going back. In the end the arms were nearly pulled out of me with four men pulling me one way & the sturgeon pulling me th'other way, & I didn't like to let my fine new mooring-rope go. But the lad was winning & we were gaining speed backways so I was ordered to lev go my rope or he'd bring us away to say. I left go my fine rope and what do you think(continues on next page)
