School: Scairt (B.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4126)

Location:
Scart, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Rinn
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    in to him and he sat down by the fire and lit his pipe.
    After a short time he told the man of hte house that he was on guard over the gold in the lis, that night, and all the rest of his company were gone away to some other place. He asked the man of the house to go with him and he would give him half of the gold. But he got afraid and he told him he would not go with him.
    He was thinking the people of the lis might kill and put him minding the gold. Long ago it was called Mahony's Lis.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    William Bowman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Informant
    Thomas Bowman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Scart, Co. Cork