School: Coradh Chaitlín (C.)
- Location:
- Newmarket on Fergus, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eibhlin, Bean Mhic Conmara
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- (continued from previous page)to the farmyard and takes the hens. He makes his nest in a wood or where furze grow. He makes it with grass ,leaves and moss.
The weasel is a small animal. He has a very poisonous bite. If he bit you you would get blood poisoned. He kills rats chickens or young ducks.He stays in a hole in the wall.When anyone comes near he hisses at them.
The badger is a very wicked animal. If he caught your leg he would not let it go until he heard it breaking .He eats the roots of shrubs and fowl.He lives in a burrow like the fox.
The ferret is a wild animal also but(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Higgins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathfolan, Co. Clare
