School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 01_121
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- (continued from previous page)He then flung the ball with such force that it entered the hound's mouth and went through his body, and the animal fell dead.
Oisin and his companion set out for home. They brought with them the ivy leaf and rowan berry and when they reached the dead bird Oisin pulled off one of its legs and put it over his shoulder and continued the homeward journey.
When they arrived he showed these thing to the old house-keeper and told her she never cooked a leg of mutton like that. He then fired the ball at her and knocked out her eye.
She made a sore complaint to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
