School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 329
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- (continued from previous page)this – long ago a man who lived in Fahalunaghto about three miles from here was out on a May night watching his cattle.
This man carried a gun.,
Nothing unusual happened until about day-break.
He saw a hare running about his cows
They were all lying down peaseably in a corner of the field and rousing them all up, he watched for a while and at length decided to shoot this hare.
He fired – breaking one of its legs.
The hare now limped along on three legs.
The man decided to follow and capture this hare.
He followed it some distance across the field, when to his amazament the hare headed for a neighbouring house and entered it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Paddy Malone
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Joseph Malone
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
