School: Drong (roll number 15699)
- Location:
- Drung, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán P. Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1117, Page 260
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A Story (continued)
“On one occasion Edward Henry, of Ballyargus, Redcastle, Co. Donegal, went down to the shore, and he found to his surprise a black cow eating "sea weed" and he took her up to the house.”
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Monday morning or in other words the fourth of September, and it was on a moonlight morning he started off with his cow.
All went well until he went up above Greenbank.
He saw at a distance coming in front of him a little man dressed in red.
When he came forward to him he put up his two hands and the cow took a leap and jumped over the ditch and the little man disappeared also and was never heard of more. Edward was left without a cow then. This cow was believed to have been sent to him because he had a big crowd of children(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Laughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyargus, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr William Bradley
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64