School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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“During the time of the fairies a woman was milking her cows out on a valley.”
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Next day the boy went to the priest and told the priest what happened. The priest told him, if he ever saw her again to pull her off the horse and hold her tightly. He also told him to look in her hands and if she had anything in her hand to throw it away. Every time ever he saw them after his sister's horse disappeared in the air and after a distance she appeared again. The boy regretted his golden opportunity again and again.