School: Béal an Átha Móir (B.)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0225, Page 142
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“There were two men working with a gentleman, a father and his son.”
(continued from previous page)back with a gun and the other on the door with a revolver. The father went home to tell Jack what he had to do. ''It's hard all right,'' said Jack but I'll try. He got bottles of whiskey and set the two men drunk. Then he brought the horse away. When the gentleman heard that the horse was gone he was not satisfied. He hasn't the trade learnt yet if he is not able to take sheet from under me and my wife to-night and I'll have a revolver.The father went home to tell Jack what he had to do. ''It's hard all right said Jack but I'll do it. Jack went to a graveyard and got a corpse and let id down the chimney. Jack rattled it in the chimney . ''Here is Jack coming down the chimney'' said the gentleman. I'll go down and shoot him in the chimney. He went down and let a shot up the chimney. The minute the shot went Jack let go the corpse. '' I have him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Francis Michael Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloverhill or Corglass, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Laurence Fee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Curraghnawall, Co. Leitrim