School: Derryham
- Location:
- Derryhum, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Ó Máirtín
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- (continued from previous page)after him. When the horse was going down into the lake he turned into a man. He caught the dog and brought him down into the lake with him. It was said that man was a man that drowned himself at that place.
- There lived an old man beside Quilca lake in the Parish of Mullagh. He had a big farm of land. And all his stock died on him. One morning when he arose he went out and found a wet calf on the street.
He advertised the calf and could get no owner. He kept it on and made a little house for it. It became a beautiful cow. She reared seven cows for him. He called the mother cow Grannie. After her doing him all this good. He thought it better to sell(continues on next page) - Informant
- Peter Halton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coolnacola, Co. Cavan
