School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)this day the priest next door to the house, he threw stones at him, and they did not hit him.
- There is strange animals in my district in the river Clodia such as the otter.
This animal is like a dog. It has been seen very often. There was a couple of its kind captured not very long ago. It is not supposed to be minding treasure. If you went near it, it would catch you by a leg and hold it until the bone would crack. It is a dangerous animal.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brigid Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Ned Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary
