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School: Carrickaslane (roll number 365)

Location:
Carrickaslane, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mary Greer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 177

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    Long ago Mrs. Douglas Tullycaghney turned into a hare and went to George Greer's byre Tullinmabroe and milked the cows. They would see her hopping out through a whole in the wall. They fired shots at her but could not kill her. He put a sixpence in the gun and he hit the hare on the leg and broke it. They followed the hare to the house and tracked the blood. They called in to see did the people there see a hare passing and they were attending to a woman with a broken leg which was supposed to be the hare.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. hags (~139)
          1. hare-hag (~41)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Robin Greer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumleek North, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    James Greer
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Tullynamalra, Co. Monaghan