1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Bundoracha

School: Bundoracha (roll number 14331)

Location:
Bundorragha, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siúbhán Bean Uí Bhúrca
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137D, Page 03_039

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137D, Page 03_039

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Bundoracha
  2. XML Page 03_039
  3. XML “Wilds Animals”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Wilds Animals (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    eat grass for food and the badger eats grass also but if he saw a lamb in a hole and not able to walk he would kill it and eat it. The badgers also rob the little birds nests. The foxes rob nests and they kill a great number of young lambs and also rabbits and eat them. The harm the foxes do is they take a lot of fowl and lambs. The harm the badgers do is they rob birds nests. The fox is very quick because he is afraid he will be seen and caught. The badger is lazy because he has short feet and he is not able to run very quick. The rats are very good runners and also the goats and rabbits and hares. People eat
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Niaidh
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pádhraig O Niaidh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Bundorragha, Co. Mayo