School: Clonfinlough, Athlone

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1. The Old Woman and the Turf (continued)

   

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   This story was told to me by my father. It was told to him by his father William Lowe who died October the 6th 1934 aged 83 years.

   

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   “Once upon a time there was a man and he had a cow in his pasture near his house.”

   

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   Once upon a time there was a man and he had a cow in his pasture near his house. Every time he went to milk her, she had none. One night he said to himself he would go and watch her and see what was becoming to the milk, so he went and watched her, and after about half an hour, a black hare came and was just beginning to suck her, the man stayed watching for a while, he had a plant in his hand, and he threw it at the hare, but he did not hit her. He told the story to other people and they said if he got a black grey = hound he would catch her. He

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   May Angela Kelly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clongawny, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   Patrick Kelly

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Clongawny, Co. Offaly