School: Cathair Loisgreáin (C)
- Location:
- Caherlustraun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire Nic Aodha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0022, Page 0553
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- Long ago, there was a man in Cong, named Páidín Ó Ciarbháin. He was a strange man, he did not believe in God. The priest often told him to go to Mass, but Páidín would not take his advice. He lived an evil life, he used never be seen in the day, and in the night he used to go stealing. There was a stone in Cong at this time, and they used to call it "The Stone of Truth." Anybody who spoke above that stone, he would have to tell the truth. He could not tell a lie. Páidín used to have great fear of this stone, and its often he intended to steal it. One night, when he got the chance, he stole the stone away on his back, and he threw it down in a big hole, seven miles from the place where it used to be. That same night, the stone was back in its old place. Another night, he stole the geese of the parish priest, and as the people doubted him, they said they would bring him to the Stone of Truth. Páidín was laughing in his own mind, for he knew the stone was(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary J. Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Pat Mc Dermott
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Killamanagh, Co. Galway
