1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Convent Girls' School, Ballymote

School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote

Location:
Ballymote, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 106

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0183, Page 106

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Convent Girls' School, Ballymote
  2. XML Page 106
  3. XML “An Old Story”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. An Old Story (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    Bartley says "Whoa there and and catching hold of his mane jumped on his back saying "you'll carry me home tonight." No sooner had Bartley jumped on the horse's back than the the horse jumped over the wall and made his way across the country. Bartley by this time realised that it was the fairy horse or pooka and thought he could get off the horse but he was mistaken. The horse carried him through all all the forths in the district and far away. His clothes were all torn off going through whitethorn bushes and briers and he lost his hat and he lost his hat and one of his brogues and every forth he went through he heard shouts of "You are welcome Bartley how do you like your
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Barnes
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    J.J. Coleman
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male