School: Ballycar, Cuinche
- Location:
- Baile Uí Chárthaigh, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Liam Mac Clúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0599, Page 246
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A man from Newmarket was suspicious of his cows being interfered with on May Eve. He remained up that night and watched the cows.He sat in the corner of the field with his gun ready .About four oclock in the morning he saw a hare crossing the field .He took no notice of the hare until he saw it going towards one of his cows and sucking her teats.He frightened the hare away from the cow ,and fired a shot and hit the hare in the leg.He followed it until it went in through a window in a house not far away.He knocked on the door of the house ,and called up the man(continues on next page)
