School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)
- Location:
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Hannah T. Kevilla
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 02_010
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- Once upon a time there was a man who had a big hump. He lived in the village of Tavanagh in the parish of Aughagower and the county of Mayo and he had a horse. Every evening he used to go to the top of a little hill near his house and whistle a tune when he used to want his horse to come to him. One evening when he whistled the tune his horse did not come to him. He did not know where his horse was so he started looking for him. As he was going along a group of horsemen surrounded him and one of them took him up on his -- and brought him to a fairy fort nearby. When he went in a man whom he knew was dead came up to him as he stood by the door. "Don't eat or drink(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Agnes Noonan
- Gender
- Female
