School: Leamh-choill
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- Drumsillagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Ghadhra
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- (continued from previous page)The farmer came along and hit the fox a glancing blow with a nod he was carrying. The wily fox stretched himself out and pretended to be dead and the farmer walked away. The fox was more careful this time and watched till no one was to be seen. He then went out and commenced to kill and eat the poultry
When he had enough eaten he went away. In the evening the farmer found the feathers and when he looked for the fox he was gone. He never caught the fox afterwards.Michael Gerard O'Hara (no title)
“I heard another story about the way the fox rids himself of the fleas...”
I heard another story about the way the fox rids himself of the fleas
When a fox wishes to rid himself of fleas he gets a small lump of dry moss and puts it on the top of his head. He then backs into a shallow river.
The fleas run before the water. The fox sometimes remains in the water for an hour before he gets all the fleas to his head. He lets them into the moss. When they are all in the moss he dips his head under the water and walks out.(no title)
“There is a pond situated in Major Kirkwood's land about which a strange story is told.”
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