School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)
- Location:
- Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 115
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- (continued from previous page)called an otter. This animal is like a dog. It has been seen very often. There were a couple of otters captured in the Clodia river not very long ago. If you went near this animal he would catch you by the leg until the bone would crack.
- I do not know any story told about a serpent or any large animal in my district. In olden times people used to be seen by night and people used to see strange animals met by night and often gotten fright.
- Collector
- James Small
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Patrick Small
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Gorteennabarna, Co. Tipperary
