School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 119
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- (continued from previous page)visit to the surrounding hen houses and if they get a chance they will leave you with very few hens. A fox is the cutest animal out for he can play any trick he likes on you. A story is told about a fox.
Once upon a time a greedy fox went into a hen house. He ate too much and was not able to get out. The window was not wide enough for him. The thing he did was to lay down and pretend he was dead. When the farmer's wife came in to the hen house and saw the fox she thought he was dead, so she left him outside(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Killeen
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo
