School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)
- Location:
- Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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- Foxes, hares, weasels, and squirrels badgers are still to be found in this country.
The fox lives under rocks in the wood. The weasels live in holes in walls and old banks. The squirrels live in trunks of trees. The badger lives in holes in the ground. The hares make there beds in whins and rushes. The hare is a very good runer up the hill and when the hounds are after the hare he always runes to the hills. The fox steals fowl from the farm yard and before he comes(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Costello
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadeer, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr Costello
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyhean, Co. Mayo
