School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

Location:
Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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    the end of the duke of potatoes. The hare kept running until she fell dead and the hedgehog was declared the victor by the fox.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. No 9
    Folklore 25/11/38
    There was once a man who used to keep his hens in, in his own kitchen. One night the fox came into the kitchen through the window. The man saw him and got up, the fox snapped up the man's shoes and threw them into the fire. In his haste to pluck the shoes out of the fire the man burned his hands.
    While he was doing this
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0067**: Fox Caught by Butcher
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Dowd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    William Dowd
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Flaskagh More, Co. Galway