School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)
- Location:
- Bealach an Doirín, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: An Br. P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0241, Page 260
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Stories told inBarony: Costello
County: Roscommon
Related By: Mrs Downes, 80 years
Address: Ballaghaderreen
Written By: Eamon McGovern
Address: Ballaghaderreen
Age: 11 yrs
Date: Mar 1938Long long ago it is said hat there lived a young man in Castlemore. He had a little cow as small as a bee and each morning he used to go and see if she would grow. One morning when he went to the field he was surprised to see that the cow had grown four feet. As he came up to milk her she turned into an old man. The old man told him that if he found the gold key ring which was hidden in the graveyard he would be changed.
After a few minutes he went to search and as he entered the graveyard he spied a little box. He took it up and opened it and found the key. Just then he found himself standing in the field and the little cow beside him. He lived for three years and then died
- Collector
- Eamon Mc Govern
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 11
- Address
- Bealach an Doirín, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- Mrs Downes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Bealach an Doirín, Co. Ros Comáin
