School: St Boden's, Culdaff
- Location:
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 211
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- The mystery, how the milk was lost.Story received by Kathleen McColgan, Scoil Naom Buadain, Cul Dabhcha, Co Dun-na-nGallFrom:- John Green (60yrs)
Dein, Culdaff, Co DonegalOne upon a time there lived a man and his wife together in a little house. The only support they had was a very good "milking" cow. But alas! one day when they went out to milk she would give no milk.Then they heard of a wizard and witch who "was" milking people's cows. So the next day when he went out to milk the cow he found a funny kind of fly on the cow's teat; and he also noticed that the fly was milking the cow. So he lifted the fly and put into his matchbox.
That night when he was sitting by the fire a wee man with a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Colgan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Green
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Culdaff, Co. Donegal
