School: Druim an t-Seagail (roll number 1772)
- Location:
- Ryehill Demesne, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Máire Ní Eimhirín Seosamh P. Ó hUigín Áine Ní Uigín
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“Near Belleville, Athenry there buried a man who had a good cow.”
Near Belleville, Athenry there lived a man who had a good cow. He noticed that on one May morning she had no milk
On the 2nd May he awoke very early, and got his gun, and went towards the cow.
When he came near her he saw a hare milking the cow with her paws. The man fired a shot at the hare and wounded her. Although she was wounded, she was able to run, and the man saw her going into a stable near an old house. He went there and found that the hare had now turned into an old woman.
He said "Is it you who milked my cow?" and the woman replied "It was, but if you go home without killing me you will have plenty of milk and butter in future"
- Collector
- Thomas Fanning
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Farravaun, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Moloney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Farravaun, Co. Galway