School: Currach Púir (Curraghpoor), Dún na Sgíath (roll number 14008)
- Location:
- Curraghpoor, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Liam Ó Duibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0577, Page 097
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- (continued from previous page)they were all there.
During that year all these calves which were in the house on the night died.
- One May morning a man who lived near Ballagh, Co. Tipperary was watching his garden and he saw a hare in it running up a-long a drill. The hare was running so slowly that a man could keep up with him.
When the hare saw the man he turned back and ran in the opposite direction. The man followed him out on to the road. When the hare touched the road he turned into a woman whom the man knew. The woman begged the man for mercy and assured him(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sheila Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolacussane, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mrs J. Carroll
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Coolacussane, Co. Tipperary
