School: Ballycumber (C.)
- Location:
- Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Mrs Fenelon
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- (continued from previous page)dogs and the hare lying down only a few yards apart "This is a queer hare" he said to himself.
Then up with them again and out through the hedges and ditches. He could now see no sight of the hare, when suddenly he heard a terrefic roar from the dogs, and a big white sheet arose and went up in the air. He went on "with his heart in his mouth to try and find his dogs. Suddenly he saw the dogs racing back towards him, and he could see in a distance the big hare leaping a wall heading for a public house. "Begora" says Mick "I will go too and get a drink for myself." He was just crossing the wall when looking up, and there he saw the hare playing a tune on a Bagpipes called "The hare is in the Barley" "Jack" she said "you have two great dogs, but you will have to get better to catch me "So" she said "Go in and order a few pints for yourself and get something for the dogs, and I'll pay for them"
This happened near Moate(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Molloy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derrynagun, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Joseph Molloy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Derrynagun, Co. Offaly
