School: Cill Díoma (B.) (roll number 6516)
- Location:
- Cill Díoma, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Scealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 112
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- Once there was a strange animal near Dromore lake in the townland of Blane in the parish of Kildimo in the county of Limerick. He was there for many years till at last a priest and a band of men came to the lake and they got the cow.
When they had her captured she changed herself into a white lady. Then the priest blessed the place where she was to be seen. Then the priest put a penance on her and the penance was she was to drain the lake with a fork and an unbottomed bucket.
Once there was a woman living in Ardlahon and she had a few children. One day they saw a man jumping into the lake and got drowned.
Next morning they came down to the lake and they saw a white cow. The woman put her into her own field and she stayed with her for seven years, and every year she had a calf and plenty of milk for her(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick O Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Beolán, Co. Luimnigh
