School: Árd an Teampoill (roll number 12568)
- Location:
- Mount Temple, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhoicheadha
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- (continued from previous page)took him into a lake to drown him. When they were near the lake they heard some noise coming and left down the bag and went to hide themselves. It was a man with a drove of cattle. Daniel started to sing in the bag and the man started what are you doing there. Daniel said I am going to heaven. Let me in and take the cattle you he said to Daniel. So he loosened the bag and let Daniel out and went in himself. Daniel tied the bag thightly and went off with the drove of cattle. Hudden and Dudden came back they picked up the bag and off to the lake, threw him in thinking it was Daniel that was in the bag. So they went home next day when Hudden and Dudden were surprised to see Daniel's farm covered with cattle. So they went to Daniel's house. Daniel said ye thought ye were doing me a bad turn when ye took me to the lake last night to drown me. But instead of that it was the best thing ever ye done Daniel said. See all the cattle I got. They asked(continues on next page)
