School: Grange (roll number 3759)

Location:
Grange, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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    When he had it drank he asked her for more. He said it was lovely milk.
    After that he went away out of the house. When was going he blessed the old woman and went out.
    After this the old woman had to bring her cow to the king's castle and then she had no cow at all.
    She was sitting outside her house one day and thinking her cow. Soon she saw a piece of a hill in front of the house falling away and a cow came down from the hill.
    This cow remained with the old woman till she died.
    When she was dead a little girl saw the cow going back into the hill and she was never seen again
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aggie Gilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo