School: Loughmoe (C.), An Teampoll Mór (roll number 7594)
- Location:
- Luachma, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Caitlín Ní Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0551, Page 138
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- (continued from previous page)and that she'd have to kill the cow to get him. She did so but could not find Shawnee as he was in a pudding. She threw out the pudding and the fox ran away with it. When Shawnee felt the fox off he called out "Hulla hulla". The fox kept running till he dropped dead. Then Shawnee crept out and ran home. His mother gave him some corned beef which she made from the cow. Shawnee ate it and grew to be a man of six feet.
- What's deeper than the sea?
A tailor's thimble because there's no bottom to it.
As black as ink and ink it isn't. As green as silk and silk it isn't. As white as milk and milk it isn't. It hops on the ground like hailstones.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Noreen Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Luachma, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- John O Dea
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Luachma, Co. Thiobraid Árann
