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Aidan's N.S. Kiltimagh Co. Mayo, Ireland |
THE BROWN BULL OF COOLEY
An Illustrated Story
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| While the battle of the ford continued some of Maeve's warriors stole the Brown bull of Cooley and took him to Connacht. In a fight the Brown bull killed Aillil's white bull and then raced all the way home When he arrived in Cooley he fell dead on the ground in front of Daire's house. Clare |
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| Maeve and Ailill are comparing their wealth. They found out that Ailill had a white bull but Maeve had no bull to equal it. Martha |
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One day Maeve and her husband, Ailill compared their wealth.
They found that each of them had the same riches, except for one thing.
Ailill had a fine white bull and Maeve had no no animal to equal it. This
is some of their treasure.Orlagh
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| Ailill is showing his white bull to Queen Maeve. She has nothing to match this. Then she asked Daire who owned the white bull so that she could borrow it. Stephanie |
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| Ailill and Queen Maeve are comparing their possessions and they are even except for one thing. Ailill has a white bull but Maeve has no animal to compare to Ailill's white bull. Queen Maeve gets very angry and wants to get an animal to compare with Ailill's white bull. There was a battle to capture the bull in which Cuchulainn, who was on Queen's Meave's army killed his friend, Ferdia. Aine |
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| In a fight the brown bull killed Ailill's white bull and then raced all the way home to Cooley. Brian |
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