School: Drumcoghill

Location:
Drumcoghill Lower, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Bean Uí Iomaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0982, Page 231

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  1. A man whose farm lay round a fort used to keep ten milch cows. He was worrying by the spilling of his milk which he thought was owing to the carelessness of his servants.
    He proved that his opinion was wrong by assisting in bringing home the milk himself. He decided that it was the inhabitants of the fort that were taking it.
    He decided to offer one of his cows so that his milk come home safely. He drove one of the cows to the fort, and said aloud "I wish to let you have this cow for yourselves so that I may have my milk home safely". At the end of three years the cow returned with three calves.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. riddles (~7,209)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs A. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Corr, Co. Cavan