School: Cnoc an Dúin (C.) (roll number 11377)
- Location:
- Forthill, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire Bhreathnach
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- (continued from previous page)he went and told his people they would not be ready for them, and all of them would be killed.
So he though of a plan.
He ran towards them and asked them did they see any priests about and they said no.
He answered well I have seen them right over that little hill, there are about forty or fifty of them. If they are there the sign I will give you is.
I will go first and if I jump over the cliff then they are there, and if I do not jump then they are not there.
So the little boy went first and at the beginning of the cliff was a small tree and the boy knew it but the others did not. Then he ran and caught the tree and when the others saw what happened they ran to, but they did not know what was before them.
Then down they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Guinnín
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Domestic worker
- Address
- College Road, Co. Sligo
