School: An Dubh-Chearn (roll number 9534)
- Location:
- Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Mhic an Ríogh
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“One time there lived a man called Myles the Slasher...”
One time there lived a man called Myles the Slasher. He lived beside a fort in Augharan. He found a water horse in this fort. He dreamt about the mare and foal and in his dream he was told the way to catch the foal. The charm was to catch him by the leg and whisper something I don't know into his ear.
So he was a great race horse and he was told never to put the straddle on him or it would break the charm. It happened that he lent to a man in Newtowngore district and he won several races for him.
Myles the Slasher sent his boy for the horse and he would not give him. Myles went himself and whispered(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mollie Kiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Agharann, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Kiernan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Agharann, Co. Leitrim