School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)

Location:
Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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    There was a man and his wife one time and they had a daughter. A man came one day and got married to the daughter. The man lived for some time.

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    see this long grass growing on this house. This cow has no grass and we are putting her up. The groom said "stop."
    I will tell you a better plan. The groom went to the other end of the house and got a ladder. He took a knife out of his pocket and went up on the house and began to cut the grass.
    He took it down to the cow. The cow ate the grass. The men thanked him. Then the groom said to himself, that those men were as foolish as the people he left. He walked on.
    He was not very far when he heard a great noise. he went up an old lane and saw some men beating a horse with a great whip. They were making the horse put a cat on himself.
    The horse was nearly killed. The groom asked them what was the matter. One of the men said, This is a horse we bought the last day and he will not
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    Folktales index
    AT1210: The Cow is Taken to the Roof to Graze
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Mc Monagle
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Drummacanoo, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Patrick Mac Monagle
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Drummacanoo, Co. Donegal