School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)

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   plenty of milk for their children.
   A woman came along one day with a strainer and started to milk into the strainer and She began saying that cow will not fill my vessel. The cow disappeared but she left the print of her foot in a rock near by.

   

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2. An Old Story

   

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   There was once a woman who had a little baby and its father was dead The lived alone in a small house. The only thing that worried the woman was that she could not buy milk for the child. She used often to cry with the baby One day when she was crying two holy monks walked into the house and asked what was the trouble. She told her story. One of the monks carried a big staff with him. As she finished her story he struck it against the flag of the door and a cow appeared in the house They told the woman to milk the cow. She obeyed and gave the to the baby. The monks went away and left the staff after them.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bernard O' Keeffe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fintra More, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Michael O' Keeffe

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   43

   Address

   Fintra More, Co. Clare