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School: Gleann Fhaoilidh (Gleneely)

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Gleneely, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Fhinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1099, Page 270

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    In the years after the Famine the people in the Glen (Lismullaghduff Glen near Killygordon) were poor and they had no milk and no money to buy a cow. One morning when an old man got up and looked out in his garden he saw a cow. She gave as much milk as supplied the district. They agreed for a while but then they started to fight. One morning when the man went out the cow was away, and she was never seen after.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Mac Conaill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Mounthall, Co. Donegal