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School: Strandhill (Lár Easa)

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Strandhill, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0159, Page 076

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    There was once a man who had a thatched house down in Rinn near Strandhill Sligo. There used to be a lot of grass growing on his roof.
    One day when his wife was working outside she saw her husband going up on top of the roof and pulling a calf by the tail up with him to eat the grass above.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
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    AT1210: The Cow is Taken to the Roof to Graze
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Curran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Larass or Strandhill, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs Curran
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Tully, Co. Sligo