School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)
- Location:
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Lochlainn
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Wild Animals.
Foxes,Badgers ,Otters ,Weasels,
Ferrets.
Long ago foxes were very plentiful.They used do a lot of damage to the farmers.They ate fowl and killed them.
The badgers lived in boroughs and in the heather. They also lived under water .The otter lived in lakes and rivers. They are in the lakes still.Their bite is poisonous.Some years ago a man killed an otter .He was far from the lake and he thought to kill the man.
The weasels lived near the houses .They killed rats and rabbits and sucked their blood .If anyone threw a stone at them they would bite you and their bite would be poisonous .The people long ago had ferrets(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr James Mungovan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Kinturk, Co. Clare
