School: Muine an Mheadha
- Location:
- Monivea, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Pádraic S. Ó hÓbáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0079, Page 064
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- Once upon a time there lived in the village of Ballyskea a man named John Clancy. He was very fond of hunting. One night he went down to a cbler in Bullain to get soles on his boots. He borrowed a lump of wax of the cobler. The night being very bright on his way home which was a pathway through the fields. What did he see coming towards him but a hare. He had no weapon in his possession but the lump of wax. He fired the wax and struck him in the forehead he turned around immediately, and what did he meet but another hare. Both hares collided and got griped to each other, they started pulling and draging each other forgeting there was anyone nearby. Soon(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 96
- Address
- Ballyskeagh, Co. Galway
