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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 337

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    The story of the Widows cow
    Once upon a time there was a widow and she had a cow and it was killed. One day a beggar came to he house and he asked her for some thing to eat. She gave him a crust of bread and a sup of milk. He asked her for some more when he had what she had given him eaten. The widow said that her cow was killed and she had no more milk. The beggar went away and was never seen again.
    Next morning the widow saw a cow coming towards her and it stood outside her door. She milked it and it gave her sweet milk to the end of her life. When the widow died the cow was never seen again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. legendary and spiritual places (~158)
        1. fairy forts (~5,616)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Scully
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois