School: Moyrhee, Ruan
- Location:
- Moyree Commons, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Laoise de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0613, Page 272
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- The Fox. The fox makes a burrow in the ground. He eats hens and ducks and young lambs. If the fox is not hungry when he catches a hen he would hide the hen in a bush and when he is hungry he comes and eats it. The only good the fox is when people kill a fox they sell the skin and they get money for it.
The Hare. The hare lives in a "form". He eats cabbage and all green things. The hare does a lot of damage to meadows they make runs and forms in the meadows. The hares are scarce around here. When people kill a hare they boil the flesh of the hare to make soup.
The Rabbit. The rabbit lives in a burrow and he eats cabbage and other vegetables The rabbits are plentiful around here.
The Badger. The badger makes a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Baker
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowkeel Beg, Co. Clare
