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School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

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Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 246

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    saw the dog killing a hare and immediately he fired a shot and killed him. A few hours after the owner found the dog and brought him home. He skinned the dog and made a waist coat out of the skin.
    Sometime after he went cutting hay in a meadow. Before he commenced his work he took off his coat and waist coat, and to his great surprise out jumped the hare. When the man saw him he shouted "God be with you Spot" for that was the name of the dead greyhound. No sooner had he said those words than up jumped the waist coat and went after the hare, and a finer course was never seen. In the end the hare made
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    William Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leagh, Co. Kerry