School: Drumrora
- Location:
- Drumroragh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Mulligan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 367
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- (continued from previous page)the cat to the priest. The priest had two days, a greyhound and a collie dog. The priest let out the two dogs and the greyhound bit her and she began to bleed. The man and the priest followed the blood until they came to a house and the cat went in. In a few moments afterwards the priest and the man reached the house. There they saw an old woman looking at her wounds. The priest said "you won't trouble Tom any more for shoes".
- Long ago one morning a farmer was going to hive hay to his two cows. As he was going down the field he saw a hare among them. He passed no remarks of her and when he came back again she was there. He gave the hay to the cows and both of them began to eat. When the girl of the house went out to milk them, one of the cows was not good looking, and when she went to milk her she had no milk. The man went to the priest and the priest told him that she would loose one "spin" and that the other three would be alright.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Cecilia Farrelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
