School: Lisaniska
- Location:
- Lissaniska East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Patrick Kilduff
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0151, Page 215
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- Once upon a time there was a witch living in the parish of Knockmore convenient to Lough Conn.
She had a valuable cow and for many years she kept giving her milk and one day the witch milked her through a riddle and she ceased giving milk.
The witch was so vexed that she beat the cow into the lake and when she went out a certain distance in the lake she turned (rock) into a (rock) that rock is to be seen that there yet and it is called the "cow rock."
- Collector
- P. J. Gaughan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lissaniska East, Co. Mayo
