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   “There (are) is a lake in this district surrounded by high hills, and the name of it is Lough Colmcille.”

   

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   of them. After a hard battle which lasted for half an hour he was getting him nearer the shore. The boy was about to lift the landing net when he land-ed him on the shore. When the boy saw what was on the rod he droped all and off as fast as a deer. On Devenney making his escape he slipped and fell. When he got up this huge animal was standing on the shore. He had the appearance of a monkey but was four times as big. He had eyes about the size of glass marbles and had a coat of armour. It was the colour of copper and when he moved there was a terrible noise. He had a two peaked cap, very much like the police-men’s caps they used to wear long ago. He looked very lone-some and grinned sometimes at Devenney. They watched other for half an hour, and every

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bella Devenny

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Brian Devenny

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   70

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Cashelard, Co. Donegal