Grandmother & Mare. Reed. 11.6.1935
One time that the soldiers were at
Kyle they took away a mare that had
a foal from my grandmothers & left the
foal locked up in the stable. She
had to follow it up to the Leitrim
Barracks (in Imaal about 12 miles away)
& she said to the soldier that was on
guard "Where is the mare" & he said
"What mare" & she said "The mare you
took from the foal yesterday" & he said
"Go up there and slip the bridle off of its
head. I won't say a word. We must
let the mare back to the foal anyway"
The mare went off like the wind
& was at Kyle before she was at
[Mugduff?]
They had a [___] of oatenmeal at