School: Gleann Tochair (roll number 16611)
- Location:
- Glentogher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An tSr. Sorcha A. Ní Dhómhnaill
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- (continued from previous page)a horse. She would make him gallop round the country everywhere.
One night he watched to see where she would leave it.
Next morning he arose early and shook it over the woman. Then he turned her into a horse and made her gallop around.
Some days after this he took her to the forge and got her shod. She begged of him to take the shoes off her. He said he would not take them off until she would promise that she would never interfere with him again.
She promised. He took her to the forge and got them taken off. The next morning when she arose the print of a horse-shoe was on her left-hand.
- One upon a time there lived alone an old man in Glentogher. Every time he went to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glentogher, Co. Donegal
