
An Old Story
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Henry Hill
- Informant
- Mrs Hill
- Age
- 61
A great crowd of robbers come into the house at night. She kills the robbers one by one as they enter. In revenge one of the robbers appears as suitor for the girl [Q411.1]. The robbers catch the girl in a wood. She flees.
“Bhí ceannuidhe ann fad ó shoin agus is fad ó bhí. Thárla go rabh gnoithe as baile aige uair éigin agus d'fhág sé cúram na h-áite ag a bheirt inghean.”
“Bhí cailín ar aimsir i dteach úr am amháin. Ní rabh duine ar bhith sa teach seo acht fear agus a bhean.”
“Bhí fear ann fadó agus bhí sé pósta agus bhí aon inghean amháin aige.”