School: Lathaigh (Laghey)
- Location:
- Laghy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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- There is a lake in a field next to Tullyearl shore. A little animal was seen in it. It was like a little dog. Mrs Torrens saw it. A little while after she saw it she heard it crying. Some weeks afterwards her husband died. Before he died she saw it in the field.
- Collector
- Kathleen Crawford
- Informant
- George Crawford
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Tullyearl, Co. Donegal
- Down at St Ernans there is a little river once while some people were at the river, they saw an animal. It was like a little pony.
These people made an effort to catch it but they could not. While one of them was(continues on next page)