Story of an Old Cow
In the far off days long ago, years before the Prison farm in the Parish of Balla was striped into holdings of land it is said there was an old cow that never dried of milk. She grazed on the Prison Farm. Nobody knew where she came from or nobody knew where she went to. Every one came from near and far to milk her. She filled everyone's can with milk. This continued for a long time. The cow was talked about near and far.
At last a selfish person came to milk the cow and thought within herself when she would have her cans filled she would milk the cow on the ground. This she did and from that forth the cow never gave any milk to anyone and soon went away altogether.
The colour of this cow was black and red. There was a field in which she was very fond of resting. It is called Cow-park ever since. This cow was called Reevough and from that to this there is a field at Prison called Loughreevough.
This field belongs to us and Coyle’s and Murphy’s and Moran’s.
“INFORMANT: Martin Corcoran, Age; 35, Prizon, Balla, Co. Mayo”