School: Tullycanna
- Location:
- Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Tomás de Buitléir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 144
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- One night a clever fox came
to a farmyard to look for a fat
hen. He went to the haggard
and gave a little bark to see
if there were any dogs around.
The minute he barked, two big
dogs ran down off a rick
of hay. There was a gate in
the side of the haggard and
the fox ran out through it.
The two dogs were too fat to go
out and after a while they
squeezed out through the bars.
The fox had gone on and came
to a big hole in a field where
he spied an ash plant growing
on the side of it. He caught
the ash plant in his mouth(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Richard Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyknock, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Patrick Byrne
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 48
- Address
- Ballyknock, Co. Wexford
