School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)
- Location:
- Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 303
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In the famine days a cow fed in a town-land near Glenade. This cow was a very good cow. Any vessel which would be put under her she would fill it. This cow fed the people of the whole town-land and this (never) townland never suffered from hunger. A woman from another town-land was jealous about the cow. She got a bottomless can and milked the cow and milked away all the cow's blood. The cow went out on the Glen Gap and fell dead.
- Once Saint Patrick was staying with a woman someplace around Glangevlin. When he was going to bed he told the woman to stay up and wait for the cock to crow and call him(continues on next page)
