School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 333
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- (continued from previous page)and they used to put one at each corner of the garden.
Often the old people used to change themselves into all sorts of animals On one occasion it happened that a woman changed herself into a hare. She went in to a neighbouring man's cabin where there were twelve cows. The man went into the cabin at twelve o clock in the night to see the cows. When he went out he saw a hare milking the cows.
When he went in the hare ran out the door. The man had a hound and he ran after her. The hare ran to a neighbouring house and went in through a hole in the cabin and the hound caught her by the leg and cut it.
- Collector
- Kevin Mc Mahon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockloskeraun, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael Bourke
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
