School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 241
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- (continued from previous page)''You will be no nurse for Serinda for there are plenty of princes that will fall in love with you when they see you''
''Grand'' Garret says the Coolen ''I made no mistake when I took to you. And now to arrange about your flights. Red-cap is suspicious of you and there will be a watch that you will have to answer every hour of the night for fear you would get away but I will fix up that'' Now ladies when you retire don't go to bed but go to the stable-yard and there will be four fleet horses waiting ready and Garret when you go into your room there is a trap door in it lift the rug and you will see it and go down the slopes and I will meet you and show you the way out'' Long Locks was there and showed him out and he went back and fixed twelve loaves on the room and ordered them to answer Red-cap's call with Im here every time for twelve hours and by that time they would be far ahed of Red-cap by the time the last loaf answered the call. So they all mounted their horses and set(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Glover
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
