School: St Columb's Moville
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Hamilton Stewart
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1119, Page 289
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- (continued from previous page)the best. She said that is right, it is the best whiskey in the shop She then said, "how did you know," he said, "I have got a bird here which tells me." Then the woman gave him £30 for the bird and he went home and showed the money to his two mates, he said, look wheat I got for my bullock's skin £30. So they went and killed their two bullock's and went to sell the skin but they only got 10/+ each.
Herden and his mother stayed in a little cottage and that night they knew that the other two were going to do something so he went into her bed ans she went into his bed. They came through the night and went to Herden's bed thinking that Herden was in it and they killed his old mother thinking it was Herden.
The next morning Herden got his mother on his shoulder and took her away to bury her. He was carrying(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nan Wylie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
