School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The little boy used to go down every day. The step mother was wondering where the boy was getting all the food because he very fat.
One day an old sister of the boys step mother was coming across the fields and she saw what the boy was doing along with the bull. She went up to the sister and told about the boy and the bull.
Then the old step mother made out she was sick and she killed a hen and put the blood into a bottle and went to bed. When she would hear anyone going up to the bed she would get the bottle from under her head and take mouth full of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hubert Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Tooman, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Paddy Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 20
- Address
- Tooman, Co. Leitrim
