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School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)

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Gort an Tuair, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Áine Nic Oirealla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0141, Page 378

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  1. Story - The Enchanted Hare

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    Story
    The Enchanted Hare
    Long ago there lived a man in County Mayo who owned a lot of land near Ballycastle. He used to have cattle grazing on it. Every morning when he went milking one of the cows he used get no milk at all from her. So one night he decided to wait up and see who was milking her. At dawn of day he saw a hare milking her. He got his two hounds and followed the hare. He followed him until he came to a house where the hare went in the window; but before he went in one of the hounds pulled a bit of fur out of the hare. It is said that when the man
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Baile an Chaisil, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Collector
    Annie O' Hara
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gort an Tuair, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Thomas O' Hara
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gort an Tuair, Co. Mhaigh Eo