School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín
- Location:
- Kilcoe, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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- Long ago in the townland of Skeagh there lived two brothers whose names were Tom and Paddy. Tom was rich and Paddy was very poor.One day the two brothers had a dispute. During the quarrel Tom told Paddy that he would drown him. Paddy said he could if he liked. Then Tom put him into a bag and closed it firmly.Then he caught the bag and pulled it after him on his journey to Roaring-Water Bay. The man in the bag was singing all the way. "I'm going to Heaven alive in a bag." The day was very warm and when Tom arrived(continues on next page)