School: Knockaderry (C.) (roll number 2419)
- Location:
- Knockaderry, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Hanna Mannix
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 168
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There is a field near our house and it is in a fort. My Grandfather told me that long ago, one of our neighbours' cows used to go into the fort, the same time, every morning and evening, an a hare used to come out from the fort and milk the cow.
That year the owner of that cow never had a bit of butter, it is believed that that hare was a woman who wanted to carry the butter.
My Grandfather also told me this story, that a man named John John De Lacy of Upper Keeleigh once went out hunting, he woke a hare from his lair and the greyhound followed the hare. There was a small house near by, and the hare ran in the door and just as he was going in the door, the greyhound took a bite out of the hare's back.
Then the man went into the house and there was a woman(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Catherine Sullivan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Killeagh, Co. Kerry
