rabbits, birds and rats. Any animal they catch they suck their blood. If any body went to kill a weasel, he lets a squeak, and when the other weasels hear that squeal, they are all off in a run to give help.Weasels are very cute, if a person killed them by accidents, they would never injure them. But if a person kill them and to mean it, if they were not able to kill them immediately they would kill them by some other plan, such as putting poison in the spring water for them.

hundred dogs in the cave. The man gave him a sword and told him that the harp was on one of the necks of the dogs and that he would have to kill all the hounds until he found the right dog. The man started to kill the dogs until there was only one dog left and that dog had the harp around his neck. The man ran at him to kill him but the hound ran round the cave and the man could not kill it. He flung the sword at him and the hound dropped dead and the man took the harp of his neck. The man came out of the cave and he heard a shout at the back of the cave and he asked the owner of the castle what it was "I heard nothing said

Long ago there lived three cruel giants. They had the king of the country that they lived in annoyed. So the king offered a great reward to anyone who would kill the giants for him. Many a one tried to kill them but the giants would murder them. One day, a man named Jack the Tailor said to the king, "if I kill the giants for you what will you give me?" "If you kill the giants for me," said the king , "You may have their beautiful palace and lands." Jack the Tailor set out one morning

There are a large number of old stories told about strange animals in our district. There are two big swans in a lake in near Ballyfarnon.
No person can kill them. If you tried to kill them they would strike you with their magic wand and kill you. One man in Ballyfarnon tried to shoot them, and he couldn't. He shot off his own toe. No other one tried to kill them since. There was also a wild animal

Sir Frederick and he would kill them.

d his money he gave it to the captain who was going to kill him.

There once lived a rich couple and their only son Tim in a large house in the country. When the boy was about ten years old his mother died and the father married a lady from the town. This lady was very haughty and peevish. She had a settled dislike of Tim and meant to kill him if she could. One day an old lady came to the house. She asked what would be the best way to kill her stepson. The lady suggested putting him into a room and giving him nothing but hard boiled eggs. Then the step-mother put Tim into the room and gave him the eggs but they did not kill him. Then one day a gentleman called to the house and when he was leaving she asked about the son. He told her to give the child plenty of milk and put a lot of butter in the eggs. She did this but it did not kill the child. It only made the boy strong as the gentleman intended when he gave the instructions. The old lady called again and the step-mother told her about the child and how the eggs did not kill him. She told her to put him out minding cows and give him nothing

too much to kill the Old Cow.

kill him when they would be left go in the field.

Cats are also very useful around a house for they kill rats and mice.

Long ago the custom on Saint Martin's Eve was to kill an animal or any table-bird. The people did not keep the blood but let it go in honour of St. Martin and when a person got a pain this blood was rubbed to that person. There was no creamery held on that day, or any sort of a wheel was not turned for it was between wheels St. Martin was crushed. There was a woman living in this district and she had nothing to kill but a hen. She promised to kill the hen, but when the night came she thought it too great a loss and did not kill it, but before the year was out her hens went against her and all died.

the man went to kill himself for leaving the cap there.

people kill fowl and sprinkle the blood on the threshold, of the door.

they would kill for St Martin and it is good for a pain in the head.

appointed to kill her the butcher arrived to kill her, with all his knives and instruments. All the village people came too. But just as the butcher was about to kill her a voice was heard from the clouds and the cow was taken into the air and all her calves followed her, and they were never seen again.

and otter kill and eat rabbits for food.

Long ago the old people when they would kill a goat they used to make

he would kill all the hens, ducks and geese they have.

there is nothing to kill that lion but the lion of the green forest, if that lion is killed the hound will come at you there is nothing to kill that hound but the hound of the green forest, if the hound is killed the hawk will come at you there is nothing to kill that hawk but the hawk of the green forest, she has those three procttcting her. Very well said the boy I'll chance her he got his supper and a bed. When morning came he asked the old man to walk out they walked out together. The old man said if you kill the lion hound and hawk inside the old Mermaid is siting in her parlour near the fire her wand is over her head when she see you coming she 'll make a dart for the wand, all right said the boy I'll chance her, said good bye to the man and walked off, he came to the big wall, he wished to be the hawk flew up down in the yard

large bit of wood which is called a smacrín is used to kill.