School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 243
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- (continued from previous page)mad red cattle with horns a yard long and points on them as sharp as a lance rose up and covered miles of the ground in front of Red-cap's men and gored many of them to death
They kept up the slaughter till all Red-cap's men were killed and only he and his grand adviser were left. They galloped away at right angles to the herd and escaped
The runaways had many miles to go yet and Red-caps was in sight again Garret said ''There's only two of them.
Let them come and I'll be able for them. ''No'' says Sirenda ''not till we get out of his territory We will baffle him for this time and then I will leave all to you. So look in your saddle pouch and see is there anything in it''
He did so and he found a little phial.
''What have you got''? ''A very small thing like a flash'' he said
'' Well take the plug out of it and throw it behind you'' Garret did so and a great wide lake spread out for miles over the land and so Red-cap was(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Glover
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
