School: Ceathrú Gabhann (C.) (roll number 14229)
- Location:
- Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Caitlín Bean Uí Shioradáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 121
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There once live an old woman in the village of Cloongall whose name was Mary Lydon. One day her husband went to a fair. When it was coming near evening, she was expecting him home but he did not come.
After a while she became uneasy and she decided to go meeting him at nightfall. It was a very dark night and as she was passing a field she heard women and men galloping up and down the field on horseback.
When they saw the old woman they spoke to her, and when she answered them, they brought her into the field. One of them went into a big white house and brought out a white horse. They put her riding on him. When she went up on the horse it commenced(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie O Hora
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bohola, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- N. Gordan
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Unknown
