Volume: CBÉ 0106

On this page

1. John Doyle and the Poteen (continued)

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   and tie on the skin with cords and make a neater job of it. But when he tried to pull the briars off the horse, he found they had taken root and when he began to pull one off, the horse began to kick. He had to leave him as he was.
   After a couple of weeks the fun began. The briars began to grow, and it was not long until they began to bud. After a while he was seen going around in full bloom. The leaves then began to fall away and the berries began to form. They grew until they were as big as apples, and it is stated that one of them alone would make a pound of jam. The horse lived for ten years in this position in the spring he would bloom out, and in the end

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • Edward Gough