School: Durrow (B.) (roll number 3517)

Location:
Durrow, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Sabhaois
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 069

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  1. One night James Butler a native of Durrow was coming home from Cullahill. He saw a man walking on the footpath beside him. James Butler had an ass and car and asked the man to get up.
    No sooner were the words out of his mouth than the man turned into a dog and jumped on the ass's back. The dog snapped the reins out of James' hands, turned the ass back and begun to spit at him.
    James Neill was coming from Rathdowney and he heard the screams when he reached Belmount. He wakened a man named Mahon, got some holy water and went down the road
    When they reached James Butler they could not see anything but himself and the ass and car. James told them where the dog was and they sprinkled the holy water around him. The dog went away.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Bergin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Toberboe or Killenny More, Co. Laois
    Informant
    James Bergin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Toberboe or Killenny More, Co. Laois