School: Gort na Léime (roll number 13012)
- Location:
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0038, Page 0025
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- There was a man and his wife living not far from here. They had a dog which they had not paid. The man's wife saw the guard coming over the road. She got a shawl and rapped the dog in it. She put it on her back like a baby.
The guard came in and said "have you a dog." "No" said the man's wife. The dog stirred on her back and she said. "Ellen Ellen keep quiet your a good girl" The dog's tail was hanging down. "I think Ellen has a tail" said the guard. He caught the dog by the tail and pulled him down.
- Collector
- Katty Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knockaunbrack, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Dermot Cunningham
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Gortaleam, Co. Galway
