School: Lurga (roll number 12574)
- Location:
- Lurga, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraig Ó Fogartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0357
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- In this district there is not much very strange about animals. I often heard that if a badger caught you by the leg he would not let you go until a bone would smash. It is also said that a black pig was seen in the village of Crossford. When people used be coming home from a place late at night they would see the black pig.
One time a foal came up out of a lake near Loughrea and a man caught him. He used to have the foal racing and he used win every race. One day there were races near a lake and the foal was racing. The foal was winning the race and there was only one round to go when the foal and the jock ran(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brendan Forde
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryowen, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Tommy Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Derryowen, Co. Clare
