School: Lisselton (B.) (roll number 10535)
- Location:
- Lisselton, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Brún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 119
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- About 150 years ago in Faha there lived a man named Shaun Burns. He had a field of corn close to the shore and it was trespassed night after night. One night he stopped up watching it. He saw a multitude of grey horses coming in off the shore. He picked up a lump of earth and threw it at the horses. He struck one grey mare. He brought her home and worked her for three years and she had three foals. He worked her away. One Sunday he tackled her. He left her standing in the yard and went in. She shook the tackling off herself and gave three neighs and called on her three foals and sped off to the shore and was never heard of since.
- Collector
- Tim Horgan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Farranastack, Co. Kerry
