School: Moycarkey, Thurles
- Location:
- Moycarky, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Michael Myers
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0553, Page 240
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- (continued from previous page)Johnny's bull to be killed in order to get the liver as a cure. When Johnny heard this he took the bull away with him to the forest.
In this forest there was a big bull and one day, the two bulls met, and there was a battle between them. Johnny's little bull got the worst of it, and as he lay dying he gave Johnny, who was in tears, a fong from his tail, and a rod from his back, and a cloth from his horn, and told him that any time he wished to have a dinner, he had only to say "I wish to have a dinner", and he would have the finest dinner he ever saw.
Johnny went to a farmer's house and asked for a night's lodging which he got. The following morning the farmer asked Johnny to mind his cows Johnny said he would. The farmer sent him for the cows, and when they were milked he sent him back with them and told him to be sure and not to look out over the wall of the cow's field, there was a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Larry Buckley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockroe, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs Buckley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Knockroe, Co. Tipperary
