School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)

Location:
Drumandoora, Co. Clare
Teachers:
Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
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    7th June 1938.
    Folklore.
    There are a lot of wild animals in Ireland,such as the rabbit, the
    hare, the fox ,the badger, the weasel.
    The rabbit does a lot of harm to the farmer ,he makes burrows in the tillage, and destroys the mangolds, and turnips and potatoes and cuts the oats.
    The fox is the cleverest animal of the lot, it is very hard to capture him,he watches his chance for the night and he steals fowl
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fahy, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr John Woods
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Fahy, Co. Clare