School: Ladhar (C.), Bán-Tír (roll number 8665)
- Location:
- Lyre, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle, Bean Uí Chéilleachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0360, Page 147
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- (continued from previous page)would they do with him. One said to throw him up in the loft. They did so. When he was above he saw a corpse that had been there a long time. There was only half the loft covered and Owen looked down and he saw them putting a stone in a big bag and killing the cow with it. They went away to bed and never locked the door. Owen leaped down on the floor and ran out the door and never stopped until he to a town named Killmallock. It was about four o'clock in the morning and the guard who was on duty questioned him and he told him the story. They went into the barrack Owen got his breakfast and he and a few guards went to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Shúilleabháin
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Owen Riordan
- Gender
- Male
