School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)

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   “There was once a man who had three cows.”

   

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   There was once a man who had three cows. At that time people used tie their cows at the end of their dwelling houses. This man had his cows tied at the end of his house. One night one of the cows began to loo and jump, and the man had to loosen her and let her out. When she got out she ran away to a fort that was in one of the man's fields, and the man did not see her for a long time after that. One day he was going to his work, he passed by the fort, he looked into it and saw a cow inside eating grass. He knew her and he said to himself that it was his own cow. He ran in and caught her by the chain which was round her neck. The cow kept running all the

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   Collector

   Kathleen Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Patrick Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo