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School: Maio (roll number 13119)

Location:
Trohanny, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Ní Chreaig
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    Once upon a time, a fox came to a house at night to steal hens. The hens were up on a loft, and the fox got in on the loft and he killed all the hens that were on it. When he was going away, he went down through the loft and there was a horse in the houses, and the fox could not get out of the house. Then he lay down behind the horse so that the man would think in the morning, that the horse gave him a kick and killed him. When the man of the house came out in the morning, he thought the fox was dead, and he lifted the fox and left him out-side the door and went for a spade to bury him, but when he came back the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. foxes (~151)
    Folktales index
    AT0001: The Theft of Fish
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Cormac
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Druminiskin, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Peter Mc Cormac
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Druminiskin, Co. Meath