School: Ceathrú na gCloch, Gleann Fraoigh (roll number 12806)
- Location:
- Carrownaglogh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Bríd Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 540
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- (continued from previous page)"I have a wife and family to support and I am so poor after famine and pestilence that I think of the future only with pain and sadness.
I have never offended ye, A Sidhe, have never cut your sceach nor have I ever obstructed ye on your narrow and crooked paths.
I now ask ye for one hundred pounds in gold and a barrel of seed to enable me to face the future with a light heart"
The perspiration was rolling down his face as he concluded.
Placing his hat on his head he turned homewards with his heart in his mouth.
He had not gone far however when he heard a whistle and then loud laughter, evidently coming from the interior of the fort.
He stood and listened. Then he heard the one word "Imbárach" "Tomorrow" said he to himself "means something to me - something(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bríd Bhreathnach
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Bunnyconnellan, Co. Mayo
