School: Cillín

Location:
Killeen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraic Ó Hubáin
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  1. 1. In the Glen, Ballycastle, Co Mayo, there was an old woman living in a small house in the Glen.
    Every evening she used to go about in the fields in the form of a hare, after a short while the people found out that there was a hare in the neighbour hood.
    The neighbour used to chase her with hounds but they could not kill her, until one day they brought a black hound, they brought a black hound, they chased the hare for two or three hours, until the hound was drawing near the hare. The hare was coming near the old house, until at last the hare went in through a broken window and as the hare was jumping up on the window the hound cut the the foot of the hare. Then the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Joe Mac Nulty
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shanaghy, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Owen Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castletown, Co. Mayo