School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)
- Location:
- Cormeen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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- (continued from previous page)coming from his holy and he met a lot of little red men in a field. They seized him and brought him to a fort. When they arrived there a door opened and Seán was led into a large hall where there was twelve tiny men sitting on thrones. He was brought before the thrones his captains said "here's Seán tell the truth" who is the greatest liar in the world. Then the twelve tiny men were asked to pass sentences on Seán. He was in terrible fear of what was going to happen. The sentence they passed on him was, to hang him on a lone bush in the fort. One man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Skearke, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Michael Carroll
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skearke, Co. Meath