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School: Tullyvin

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Tullyvin, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
M. Feeney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1020, Page 440

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  1. A Fairy Sheep

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    Once there was a farmer who kept some sheep. A certain day this farmer went out to count his sheep and he discovered a black one among them. This sheep stayed with the farmer for several years having young lambs every year. This farmer made a lot of money with the lambs of this sheep.
    After many years the farmer thought the sheep was getting too old to keep any longer, so he decided to sell her to the local butcher. One day he went out to the field to drive her in. When he went up to her, she ran away with a lot of her lambs which had grown into sheep
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John P. Hannigan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ashfield Glebe, Co. Cavan