School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)
- Location:
- Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 375
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“A long time ago in Dromin there lived a small farmer who had four cows.”
(continued from previous page)up and watch who was milking her. About ten o'clock this night he went to the field where the cows were and he carried an old gun which he head, with him. He put his back to the ditch and stayed there all night and no one came and about five o'clock in the morning he went home. He sent his son for the cows about seven o'clock and when they were brought to be milked they found out that this cow was milked again. So the farmer decided to stay up the next night and bring the cows with him when he was coming home. As day was approaching what came up the field but a big hare and sat in the middle of the field and then made for this cow and put his paws against the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Con Halpin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dromin, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Tom Halpin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Dromin, Co. Kerry