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School: Kilbegnet (roll number 1327)

Location:
Kilbegnet, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 221

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    "To It Again"
    One day a grainneog and a hare had a quarrel. The grainneog said he was a faster runner than the hare. The hare laughed at him and called him 'a cripple.' At last they agreed to meet in a certain potato field the day following and they both would run back and forth in the furrows and to see which of them would reach the headlands first.
    When the hare was gone the grainneog went to another grainneog. "My friend" said he "my old enemy the hare called me a cripple today. Will you help me punish him" "I will" answered the second grainneog "but what can I do to him" "Well" returned the first grainneog
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0275A*: Race between Hedgehog and Hare
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Derryhippoo, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Michael Kenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50