School: Cluain Dá Iomaire (roll number 14801)
- Location:
- Cloondahamper (Brown), Co. Galway
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Raghallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0080, Page 292
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There are two kinds of animals tame and wild. Some of them are to be found int he forest while others wander through the fields and bogs. There are a great number of these noticed for they cleverness the fox been one of the cutest.
The fox is a red animal about the size of a dog. He has a bushy tail and his fur which is very valuable is sent off and when cured is worn by rich ladies. He lived in a hole in the ground during the day and in the night he wanders out in search of food. He waits until late at night when he steals along and kills the fowl. It is said there is a cure in the foxes tongue for taking out thorns.
A story is told about a fox who played a trick on a man. One night a fox visited a fowl house where there were a flock of geese. The only way he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Evoy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Rabbitt
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Cloonboo Beg, Co. Galway
