School: Adair, Fermoy
- Location:
- Fermoy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Caitlín, Bean Mhic Giolla Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0378, Page 155
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- (continued from previous page)saw the Monks joking, he planned that some day, if they did not give him the papers, he would drown them. When the Abbot asked for the papers, the Monks said they would not give them. The Abbot returned to the Monastery and he asked the Monks to follow him. When the Abbot arrived at the Monastery he told the other Monks how the Monks on the river-bank would not give him the papers. When the three Monks came back they were bound and the Abbot took the papers. After a while the Monks were drowned in the river.
- One day, long ago, a horseman while riding in a forest near Fermoy, happened to see something glittering among the green foliage around him. He spurred his stud forward to where he had glimpsed the shiny thing and as he came nearer, he was able(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Turpin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fermoy, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Jim O' Shea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fermoy, Co. Cork
