School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 208
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- Many years ago an old man named Tom Fagan went down to the bottoms in Crossdrum to make hay. The weather was very bad at that time and he had the hay in little cock's for many days.
At one little cock when he turned it up he found under it three youngf weasel's and an old one. As he was sticking the fork in the hay to turn it he stuck it through one of the young weasel and killed him.
The old weasel ran off to the hedge and then Tom took up the two young ones and brought them over to the hedge and made a little nest of moss and put them into it.
People say that a weasel's spit is poison and if you go near him he will spit at you. Tom had a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Deasmhumnach O Bhrádaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathmea, Co. Meath
