School: Dromlogach Mainistir na Féile (roll number 10908)
- Location:
- Dromlegagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eighneachán Ó Muircheartaigh
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“Many years ago there lived in Doon Ballybunnion a very wealthy man.”
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“There was a man there long ago named Sean Buídhe and there was a fort near his house where his cattle were feeding.”
There was a man there long ago named Seán Buídhe and there was a fort near his house where his cattle were feeding. One evening he went for the cows to milk them and he heard children crying inside in the fort and he heard a woman say to him not to cry any more that Seán Buídhe was carrying home his cows to milk them and that they would have the drops of milk that would be spilled outside the buckets. When Seán Buídhe carried home his cows he told his wife to get a bucket and to milk the best cow. When she had the cow milked Seán Buídhe took it and carried it to the fort and he threw it across the ditch to the woman and the children and he did the same thing every evening until after about two months. When he was bringing home his own cows he heard a cow bellowing after him. When he looked back he saw the cow coming. He brought the cow home with his own cows and he milked her and she had a fine bucket of(continues on next page)