School: Gortaveha (roll number 16488)
- Location:
- Gortaveha, Co. Clare
- Teacher: P. Wiley
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In Bunshoon wood there is an unnatural black dog .This dog was seen by many. Each night he is watching and very often he follows lads.During the day he stops in quiet holes in the wood.Once there lived in Cahermurphy a man named James Keane.
One day he set out for Limerick with a horse he had .he was a long time in it.So it was very late and he coming home .Once as he got to the end of this wood a black dog raced for him.he had his feet on the stirrups and the dog used snap at him .he beat the horse and and went quick until he came to a little river at Roundo .Then he knew that nothing(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Ó hAinnín
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Reanahumana, Co. Clare
