Men Shooting at a Hare in the Snow

Abstract: Story collected by Mártain Ó Braonáin, a student at Eanach Mór school (Annagh More, Co. Mayo) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0142/1/66

 Eanach Mór [Vol. 0142, Chapter 0001]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Mayo Schools

COLLECTOR
Braonáin, Mártain Ó 
Gender
male

Story text

transcribed at

 

The Men Shooting at a Hare in the Snow  [duchas:4370832]

One time there lived two men who made their living by hunting. They were going to mass on Christmas morning but there was a heavy fall of snow and they went out shooting hares instead of going to mass. They were not long out until the hare got up and one of them fired, but did not kill him. The hare ran another piece and sat down again and the huntsmen fired but did not kill him as before. The hare kept on that way until evening and it started snowing. They could never kill the hare but still they kept firing at him. At last one of the men said to go home or they would be lost in the snow, but the other man said he would not go home until he would hill the hare. The first man returned and as he was going  he could hear the shots of the other man at the hare. He reached home safe but the man that kept on was lost.

Resource description

Origin information
Annagh More, Co. Mayo
Date created: –
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 62
Volume 0142
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mártain Ó Braonáin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Ireland--History--Famine, 1845-1852
The great famine--An gorta mór
School location
Annagh More An tEanach Mór Annagh More Kilfian Tirawley Mayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4475806
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0142/1/66

Suggested credit
"The Men Shooting at a Hare in the Snow"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4475806>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Mártain Ó Braonáin.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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