School: Bunlahy, Granard
- Location:
- Bunlahy, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mrs Brady
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- (continued from previous page)shouted the old queen 'What more do you want, only to see that she never shed a tear, there's not a Ceó Broín on her for her own child.
The queen rushed out of the room and told all in the castle what the young queen had done. She is such a hard-hearted wretch says she, that she is sewing away, and she never let a tear fall for her child much less to deny that she killed it. Then the people were so horrified that they all began to call out that she should be burnt, as was done with witches in them times. They began to prepare a great pile of wood to have it ready for the next day.
The king was like a man insane, but no matter how he coaxed her she never spoke, but just gave a sorrowful shake of her head, so he could do no better but agree to have her burnt next day.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Plunket
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bunlahy, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Peadar Ó Maolagain
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Oibrí
