School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)
- Location:
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0281, Page 074
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- (continued from previous page)the poor woman was left as poor as before.
This is how the lake got the name Loch Bó Finne, which means the lake of the white cow.
- Long ago there lived a poor man about five miles to the west of Bantry. He had only one cow, and there was a fort in his land. One night he put the cow into the fort field. When he returned in the morning he saw that there were two cows there.
He brought home the two cows and milked them, and he saw that the strange cow had twice as much milk as the other. He kept the cow for about six years, during which time she had six calves.
One night he went to the field to bring home the cows. The strange cow didn't want to leave the field, so the man struck her with a stick, which he had in his hand but she didn't move.
He struck her again, but she didn't move. He then heard a voice saying,(continues on next page) - Collector
- Tomás Ó hÚrdail
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr D. L Harrington
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Gortalassa, Co. Cork
