School: Béal Átha hUbhla (C.) (roll number 3998)
- Location:
- Ballyhooly, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Chaoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0372, Page 388
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On repeating them he became a man but it is said his hair was white although it was raven black before he was changed into a hare.
There was a priest going into the country early one May Morning to say Mass in a certain house.
About a mile from the house he saw a woman with a stick in the midst of the milch cows and saying "half your milk for me".
The priest then said "and the other half for me".
The priest had one cow and about a week after his servant went to make the butter.
When she opened the churn she found it full of butter.
She told the priest who went to the owner of the cows and told him his story.
The man told him he got no butter that week.
The priest gave him his share which really was the man's.
Then the priest said mass in the man's house and this put an end to the pishogues.
- Collector
- Margaret Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cregg North, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Inchinapallas, Co. Cork
