School: Balscadden (roll number 9492)

Location:
Balscaddan, Co. Dublin
Teachers:
P. Ó Séaghdha Francis Shaw
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    Well, this dog was rather fond of fighting with other dogs and never passed a dog without some show of fight. When he saw another dog approaching, the hair would "stand"on his body and that meant fight. Sad to say this dog died suddenly and the grief of his master was great.
    The master wished to have a souvenier of his dog so he had him 'skinned' and got a waist-coat made out of the skin. The man wore this waistcoat constantly and when he passed by where dogs were, the 'hair' used stand on the waistcoat.
    Even in death, the dog wished to show fight.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Ó Séaghdha
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Jem Doolin
    Gender
    Unknown