School: Virginia (C )
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Farelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1001, Page 179
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- Once upon a time when Fionn was out hunting he came upon a poor hut in which six old men were cowering over a tiny fire. These men had been friends of the death dead Cumhal and they were in hiding like Fionn.
It was deep Winter, and for days, they had been without food. Now they were trying to roast one small thrush which they had trapped in the forest.
But hungry though they were, they thought first of the stranger and when they had the thrush cooked they served it on a platter to Fionn.
Then the heroe's heart was filled with pity. "Nay my friends said he, "Ye all must eat as well as I. So he went out of the hut, but he soon returned, having a great red deer on his shoulders.
That is not all said Fionn and again he went out and brought back a dead boar(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gretta Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
