School: Cluain Meacan (roll number 11451)

Location:
Cloonmackon, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Liam Ó Catháin
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    A long time ago there lived an old woman not far from this place.

    A long time ago there lived an old woman not far from this place. She had a lot of witchcraft or devilment. She used carry milk and butter from the people around her. At last the people did not want her at all. The nieghbours that were near her were very poor, they had only one cow. The cow was going to calve, and there was a little boy going to this old woman's house often. She told the little boy to watch the cow carefully and to tell her when the cow would have calved. Some other one told him to get a piece of cow dung and put it in the calf's
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg Barry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derry, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Tom Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meen, Co. Kerry