School: Ross (roll number 12789)

Location:
An Ros, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Cáit Bean Uí Mhaoláin
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    hare ran away limping. The man followed him till he saw him entering a house. He entered the house after the hare and there saw no hare only a woman busy making a cake.
    He saw however blood streaming from her leg and on looking saw the trace of a bullet. He knew then it was this woman who was turning herself into a hare and taking the milk.
    (The teacher told me this story and she got it from an old man John Brady who died
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Droichead Uí Dhálaigh, Co. an Chabháin
    Collector
    Angela Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Droichead Uí Dhálaigh, Co. an Chabháin