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School: Kilmuckridge

Location:
Cill Mhucraise, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
L. Mac Donnell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 099

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    Long ago a man from this place had a cow from which he never could get milk in the mornings.
    He decided to watch her one night and he and a neighbour went out with a gun each. The cow at between 1 and 2 o'c. gave some unearthly roars and made for the direction of an old graveyard nearby.
    When within a few yards of it a hare large as a greyhound bounded over the wall towards the cow and began to suck the cow's teats. One of the men went towards the graveyard wall and the other went beyond the cow,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. neacha neamhshaolta agus osnádúrtha (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Fortune
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Cill Mhucraise, Co. Loch Garman