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School: Ballylongford (C.) (roll number 11019)

Location:
Ballylongford, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cáit, Bean Uí Bheoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0402, Page 094

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    Long ago there lived in the townland of Rusheen a farmer named O'Connor. Every morning one of his cows had no milk. One morning he watched if any one was milking the cow, and he saw a hare milking her.
    The farmer went home and told some of the neighbouring men about the hare. On the following morning the men brought dogs with them. They saw the hare coming, and no sooner had the dogs seen him when they followed him for about a half a mile across the fields. The hare went into a little house and the men followed him but when they
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Dee
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Dillon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Ballylongford, Co. Kerry