School: Bealach (roll number 5811)

Location:
Ballagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Domhnall Ó Daltúin
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  1. Long ago when the poor people who were living on the side of the mountain had no milk God sent a cow around to give them milk and whoever saw her could milk her no matter how many times a day. If you milked her into an egg-cup she would fill it and no more, and if you milked her into the largest vessel you had she would also fill it.
    There is a little insect of a red shining colour around this district knows as God's little cow.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. narratives (~478)
        1. religious tales (~1,085)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margret Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sheehaun (Hughes), Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Bermingham
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Sheehaun (Hughes), Co. Roscommon