School: Caladh na Feirsde (roll number 13481/2)

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1. Béaloideas (continued)

   

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   "Cad a bhuailfidh mé? "Buail an madra", said the boy's mother. The dog was not inside and she struck a sow and a litter of bonhams that were in the kitchen.
   The sow and her young went mad and had to be destroyed. The boy lived and went to America afterwards. The woman was never seen since.

   

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2. A Brave Runner

   

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   There was a man there long ago. Paddy Sullivan was his name. They used call him long goat as a nickname. He won a race of thirty one miles. In it he beat all the cars on the road except one pony and trap that kept up to him. When the race ended the pony dropped dead. The man that owned the pony put a headstone over him. The headstone is to be seen still. Long goat is remembered as a famous racer

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Kelliher

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   John O Leary

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Callanafersy West, Co. Kerry