School: Cill Cúlach
- Location:
- Cill Chúile, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Séamus Mac Lochlainn
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“There is an old fort in Doon”
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“There was a man working alone in a field one day when a hunt came along”
There was a man working alone in a field one day when a hunt came along. Now this man was very fond of hunting so when he saw them coming he said to himself, I wish I could go along with you. No sooner had he spoken the words when a man jumped from his horse and put him up on a calf that was grazing near by in the field. Away goes the horses and calf together until they came to the Shannon. When they reached there they all flew over it on to the other side. Then one of the men began to pet the calf and said what a big jump for a calf and as he was saying it the calf disappeared so the poor man was terribly disappointed and to his surprise had to walk around the road home(continues on next page)