School: Gleanntán, Scairteach an Ghleanna (roll number 7563)
- Location:
- Cordal East, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Muiris Breathnach
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0447, Page 275
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- Long ago there lived a man whose name was Pilib céad bó. He was a great robber. He used steal and rob what he could get. He was called Pilib céad bó because though he had ninety nine cows stolen he could never steal the hundredth cow. He often tried to have a hundred cows but it failed him. He lived over at Faill Pilib in Cordal. He never carried a cow that would be lying near a ditch but a cow that would lie in the middle of a field. He used always say that they were the fattest and would feel no cold. One day he had the stations(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nóra Ní Loinsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr John Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreen, Co. Kerry
