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School: Ceathrú Gabhann (C.) (roll number 14229)

Location:
Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Caitlín Bean Uí Shioradáin
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    There is a village called Winsor near Lough Conn. One night in harvest time when the oats was ripe, horses used to come in from the lake and eat and destroy the neighbours' oats. The neighbours used to be quarrelling among each other, one blaming the other, each one thinking that it was his neighbours horse that did the damage.
    At last one of the men made up his mind to stay up to see what was going into his oats. This night the horses came in from the lake about two o'clock. The man had a stick and when he saw the horses com-
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mollie King
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowgowan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Annie Kelly
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female