School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)

Location:
Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conaill
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  3. XML “Wild Animals”
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    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Maguire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lissananny, Co. Galway
  2. A Story
    There was once a man and the fox used to come to the hen house and kill the hens. One night he set traps around the hen house to catch the fox. The fox came and he saw the traps. He got a clod of turf and closed the traps. Then he went in and killed the hens. Pat Maguire.
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