Scoil: Gortnacart (uimhir rolla 15554)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. The Gold Adventure (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   or to beg alms. So the old man got up and opened the door. It was an old beggar asking lodgings for the night. The old couple took him in and the woman dressed and made tea for him. When he had the tea drunk he thanked her and drew from his purse a few gold coins and offered them to her. She refused to take them. When he was putting them into his purse he exposed a purseful of glittering coins. From that time all kinds of evil thoughts came in the woman's head. She asked her husband what they could do for to get his gold. So the woman said no other better way to get it can do than to separate the head from the body. So the husband consented to act in the work of destruction. Before morning the floor of the little house was covered with blood but they got nothing for it. When they had him murdered they buried his head and body in different places. During their time burying the man the gold was turned into useless pieces of metal. So when they returned home they had no gold but useless pieces of metal. It was said after that the old couple became lunatics

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Annie Shovlin

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Aois

   86

   Gairm bheatha

   Farmer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Doochill North, Co. Dhún na nGall