Wolf - Man Kills Wolf

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

Original reference: 0142/1/73

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County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Mayo Schools

COLLECTOR
Braonáin, Mártain Ó
Gender
male

transcribed at

 

The Wolf - Man Kills Wolf [duchas:4370834]

One time a man lived in the North and a wolf was stealing everything from him. One day he went out to kill the wolf and he met a man. The man asked him how would he kill the wold and he said with his

The Wolf - Man Kills Wolf [duchas:4370835]

gun. The man asked him if he did not kill him with his gun how would he kill him and he said with a stone. The man asked him if he did not kill him with the stone how would he kill him and he said "with my grandmothers knife". What was the grandmother's knife but a sharp stone that was above on the hill. He went up and got the stone and killed the wolf.

Origin information
Annagh More, Co. Mayo
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 64-65
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
Animals--Folklore
Animal-lore--Seanchas ainmhithe
School location
Annagh MoreAn tEanach MórAnnagh MoreKilfianTirawleyMayo
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4475816
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0142/1/73

Suggested credit
"The Wolf - Man Kills Wolf"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_4475816>
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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