School: Ballinahowen (roll number 8646)
- Location:
- Buaile na hAbhann, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: T. Hanly
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- (continued from previous page)went to lift the coal the woman said to him. "You are a nice man. Look at the way your dogs tore my legs." As soon as she said that the house disappeared and the man went on his way to the graveyard.
- One cold day a woman was sitting beside the fire warming herself. Suddenly she heard great noise outside. A hare pursued by a dog ran into the kitchen. The hare jumped up on her lap seeking protection from the dog. She dashed the hare from her and seizing a stool she killed it. Every child born in the house subsequently had a hare's lip.
Superstitions about the Hare
“One cold day a woman was sitting beside the fire...”
One cold day a woman was sitting beside the fire warming herself. Suddenly she heard a great noise outside. A hare pursued by a dog ran into the kitchen. The hare jumped up on her lap seeking protection from the dog. She dashed the hare from her and seizing a stool she killed it. Every child born in the house subsequently had a hare's lip. - Collector
- Brighíd Ní Riain
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Áine Ní Dhaltúin
- Age
- 39
- Address
- Kilgarvan, Co. na hIarmhí
