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School: Naomh Aicnidh (roll number 1573)

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Buncrana, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Ristéard Ó hAoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 084

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    and the flesh of the sheep to make food. At last they determined to kill the foxes. This effort was very succesful for the first week. Not one fox was left living except one clever old fox. Many efforts were made to capture and kill him but in vain. When dogs chased after him the fox ran to the bank of the sea and jumped out and the dogs after him. The dogs were killed but the fox was always seen again. A clever old dog lay in a ditch and caught him by the tail off the fox but was killed himself. The fox then went about without a tail. People boasted that their dog would
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. foxes (~151)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Edward Jackson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortleck, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neil Jackson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortleck, Co. Donegal