School: Garrdha Dubhlios, Pálás Gréine (roll number 10991)
- Location:
- Garrydoolis, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Nuanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0518, Page 073
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“I heard this story from an old man in the neighbourhood. There was a certain man in the district and he had a very wicked bull.”
I heard this story from an old man in the neighbourhood. There was a certain man in the district and he had a very wicked bull. Every evening he used to go to where the bull was. One evening as he was going to the field he noticed smoke rising from a little bush. He went over to it and what should he see but a small man drying his stockings to a little fire of sticks. He was dressed in the real old fashioned way. In order to put talk in the little man he said. "Be gor that bull is very wicked and you'd want to mind yourself." You'd that bull will not harm me" said the little man. The man returned home and told the story. When he had finished his story the little man walked in about the house and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Comans
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloghaready, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- John O Connor
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Garrydoolis, Co. Limerick