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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 08_060

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    Foxes, badgers, hares, weasels & squirrels are found in this part of the country. Hares feed on cabbage & green grass. Long ago a man was out hunting and he saw a hare about two yards away from him. He pointed to the hound with his stick where the hare was. The hound made attempt to catch the hare but it make its excape & soon ran into a sand-pit. It changed itself into a small old woman.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Anna Madden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Killadeer, Co. Mayo