School: Eiscreach (roll number 13945)
- Location:
- Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0153, Page 157
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- About four years ago, I was coming from Bangor Fair. I was driving four calves home. As I was within about a mile of 'Corick the dusk of evening began to fall. There is a gullet in this part of the road and as you'd say, just as the cattle came to the gullet, they stopped al of a sudden. I did not know in the world wide the reason for his strange carry on. I tried to force them across, but devil a good was in it. One of the calves was more "freckend" (frightened) then th' others.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Seán S. Ó Raghallaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Eskeragh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick O' Boyle
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 27
- Address
- Corvoderry, Co. Mayo
