School: An Daingean, Cuinche
- Location:
- Dangan, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Stiofán Mac Clúin Treasa Ní Chonmara
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carrying a loaded gun.There he beheld the hare milking the cow with its foremost paws.he took careful aim and fired.The hare jumped and ran out of the yard and in quick succession he fired two more shots ,but to no avail.The hare escaped untouched.he visited Biddy Early and she advised him to use quicksilver in his gun instead of powder .he watched again ,and on the occasion of the hare's next visit to the cow he fired at her and wounded her ,but though bleeding profusely she got away.he trailed her for about a mile, and her tracks led him to farmer's house .He entered and the sight he beheld caused him many a sleepless night .In the centre of the floor stood a bed ,and on it lay a woman whom he knew .She was bleeding from the results of the quicksilver.He knew his work was done ,as indeed it was,for never again was the milk missing.
This was told to me by,Mary Meehan ,Corbally. Quin, Co. Clare.
- Collector
- Cormac Macnamara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corbally, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mary Mahon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corbally, Co. Clare
