School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 371
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- (continued from previous page)The neighbours are sure to give a call
To have some crack with Paddy Jack
The Hackler from grousehall.
6.
Tis on pretence of this offence
To drag me off to gaol
Alone to dwell in a cold cell
My faith to bewail
My hairy head on a planked bed
Such wrongs for vengeance call
But they will rue the day they dragged away
The Hackler from Grousehall.
- One time there lived a man called Bailie. He lived in the townland of Drumaaslin. He used to go out into a field and tumble the wild-cat and change himself into a hare. Then he would take the butter of the milk belonging to a man named Knay. If he were to churn for ever he would get no butter. Knay had to go to the priest and get back the butter.
- One time there lived a woman named Synch. She lived in the townland off Lower Leitrim. She told(continues on next page)
