School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 235
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- (continued from previous page)''Oh by this and by that but for the first time I forgot all about it'' ''Well look through it now'' So he did and there was the tower twenty yards from him standing on a round hill one hundred and fifty feet high and the Eagle of gold sitting on the very top. The walls were like glass on ice ''Well' says Garret ''the block is for me this time for I don't see how I could get to that eagle there with no catch on the walls to climb by''
''Oh climbing is out of the question''
says coolen ''Come with me'' so he took Garret by the hand and led him to the footh of the hill to one certain spot and he scraped away the sod and he took the spear out of Garret's hand and stood back a little and with one end of the shaft he hit a knob that was on the middle of the door and it sprang open ''Come along now'' says Coolen. ''They went in and it was as dark as a a dungeon but the great Coolen put out his long sword and gave it a few scrapes so quick that Garret did not see what(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Glover
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
