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School: Scoil Naomh Colmcille, Kilmacrennan (roll number 17036)

Location:
Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1081, Page 36

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  1. The Old Hag

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    There was once a woman who used to hire a servant-girl, and she always told the girl never to look up the chimney.
    One day the girl was sweeping up the floor, and she decided to look up the chimney. She saw a bag of gold and took it down; and away she went with it.
    When she was some distance along the road she met a horse and the horse said to her
    “Tether me, tether me, in your green lawn, where I have not [?] been tethered this seven long years and a day.”
    “Uh!” said the girl I have no time I am in a hurry, and the horse began to kick her. The girl went on until she came to a cow, and the cow said to her
    “Milk me, milk me, for I have not been milked this seven long years
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríghid Ní hÉigeartaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Hegarty
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal