School: Trian Caol (roll number 10778)

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1. Asal na Spág (continued)

   

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   Ar pilleadh de Sheumas nar naireach an gníomh é
   Na h-instrumunts sgabtha 'gus briste fa'n tsráid
   'S gan tincleoir sa réugun nar cruinnidh le h-éifeacht
   Nar b'olc leobhtha 'n sgannair a bhí ag an dís
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   Shiubhail siadsan Éire thart timcheall
   O Dhoire go Malainn 's ó sin 'un t-Sráth Báin
   'Sgur ag Rásaí Calhame a bhí'n buaidh leo na dhiaidh sin
   A's ghóthuigh siad an méid sin ar Asal na Spág.

   

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2. Story

   

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   When the soldiers were after Colm Cille he had to lie out every night. One night he lay under a rock on the top of "Cnoc a toighe." In the morning he found he could not open his eyes, as they were stuck to-gether. He heard the noise of soldiers coming, and he did not know what to do. He struck the rock he lay under, and a well burst forth. He washed his eyes with the water of the well and they were cured. This well was called Tobair na Suil, every after but it is dried up now.

   When Colm Cille looked round he saw the soldiers coming. He jumped from where he was standing and he alighed on a rock near Churchill Railway Station, a distance of half a mile. He landed with such force that he left the track of his sandals on the rock. The tracks are still

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Mac Devitt

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   George Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   John De Lap

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Church Hill, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Peter Mac Geehin

   Gender

   Male