School: Cill Chothrach, An Sciobairín

Location:
Kilcoe, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Spealáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0294, Page 188

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    only one, the mother told her son to take her to the fair next morning.
    When they got up in the morning the cow was dead. With sad hearts they buried her in an old fort. To their great surprise when they dug it they found a crock of Gold.
    Soon afterwards the became rich and they bought a big farm and they missed no more cows. It was said that a giant lived in that part of the country and he could eat a cow for one meal.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Keating
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Denis Keating
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    74