School: Lochán Mór
- Location:
- An Lochán Mór, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
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- (continued from previous page)As he was the first & only fox to get into the Island & as his taste for fowl was well known, the islanders very naturally could not extend to him their traditional hospitality.
He made his den in a cliff called Faill Mhuirinn & reached it by swinging himself from a briar which grew on the brink of the cliff.
The briar was cut & left in place once while he was out marauding. He was chased back with dogs & fell to death.
His visit to Dursey has given rise to the Irish phrase - "Tabharthas ó Dhubhros go Baot" - which means a useless - in fact harmful - present.
