School: Leitir Sean-Bhoth (roll number 12900)
- Location:
- Lettershanbo, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: S. Ó Ferraigh
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- (continued from previous page)he would leave his head on her knee and for her to waken him when the storm would rise on the lough. When the storm rose on the lough, she wakened Jack and he mounted his steed with a sword in his hand. Jack fought the worm till sunset and drove it back into the lough and left the lough red with its blood. He rode off and left the ones who tried to follow far behind.
When he got to the castle he put on his own clothes and went home with his cows.
"Sit down Jack," says the old farmer, "for I have a great story to tell you to-night."
"There came a great gentleman there to-day dressed in a suit of armour and mounted on a bay steed and he fought the worm and beat it back into the lough and left the lough red with blood. You should go to see the finish of the fight to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mícheál S. Mac Aoidh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Einrí Ó Maoinigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Address
- Cloghan More, Co. Donegal
