School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 100
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- (continued from previous page)said the poor man. "Indeed I do" said he "and you are tormented by them two men living beside you." "Indeed I am" said he and he told him about the trouble he was in, all his cattle dying. "Come with me" said the little man "and I will stock your farm again, as I have a lot of cattle. Your neighbours will e astonished in the morning when they see this, and will enquire where you got them. You say you got them in a spot in the lough last night and that there were plentymore in it, so in this way you will get rid of them"
So they stocked the land with cattle and next morning the pair of men were astonished when they saw them. They asked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Packie Mc Carvill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Droim Shaileach, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Peter Deighnan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Droim Shaileach, Co. Mhuineacháin
