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Some years ago a man was working in a corn field in Lisnatullagh, near Ballinamore.

Abstract: Story collected by Tommie Darcy, a student at Béal an Átha Móir (B.) school (Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim) from informant Thomas Darcy.

Original reference: 0225/2/40

 Béal an Átha Móir (B.) [Vol. 0225, Chapter 0002]

County  The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Leitrim Schools

COLLECTOR
Darcy, Tommie 
Gender
male
Location
Oughteragh (Civil parish) 
Carrigallen (Barony) 
Leitrim (County) 
INFORMANT
Darcy, Thomas 
Gender
male
Location
Oughteragh (Civil parish) 
Carrigallen (Barony) 
Leitrim (County) 

Story text

transcribed at

 

Béal an Átha Móir (B.)  [duchas:4656771]

Some years ago a man was working in a corn field in Lisnatullagh, near Ballinamore. He saw a nest of weasels in a heap of stones. He stopped his work, began to throw stones at the weasels, and he hit one of them with a stone. The weasels got very angry. The man started his work again.

That evening when the man went home the weasels got on his track and followed him to his house. They started to kill his ducks near the pool of water and also the hens. So the man had to get the dogs to put them away, or they would do a great deal of harm that night.

Resource description

Origin information
Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 234
Volume 0225
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Heslin.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Animals--Folklore
Animal-lore--Seanchas ainmhithe
Informant location
Ballinamore Béal an Átha Móir Ballinamore Oughteragh Carrigallen Leitrim
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_4661238
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0225/2/40

Suggested credit
"Some years ago a man was working in a corn field in Lisnatullagh, near Ballinamore."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_4661238>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Seán Ó Heslin.
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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