School: Headfort
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Miss J.E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 152
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- An old widow and her son once lived in Lislea convenient to a fort. The boy was preparing the fort to sow a crop in it so he gathered up the "scutch" and withered "gustogs" of the previous season and burned them. Next day a woman came to the boy's mother and showed her her breast which was burned.
"This is what your son has done." she said. "To-morrow, something will happen."
Next day the boy was kicked by a horse and died.
- Collector
- Maureen O Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lislea, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Terence O Connell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lislea, Co. Cavan
