School: Aghmakerr (roll number 16455)
- Location:
- Aghmakerr, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Peadar Ua Dubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0940, Page 105
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“One time there was a man and woman living together on the side of a mountain.”
One time there was a man and woman living together on the side of a mountain. They were very poor and had no money to buy grass to rear a cow which they had. There was plenty of grass growing on the roof of the house so they put the cow up on it to eat it. That evening the cow got entangled in the roof and was unable to move. The man and woman seeing the position the cow was in, went up on the roof and began to pull her up. When they were pulling the cow's tail broke. If her tail had been stronger, my "tale" would have been longer.
- Collector
- Peggy Murtagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Shantonagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Edward Mac Bride
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Shantonagh, Co. Monaghan