School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: J.W. Pollard
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- (continued from previous page)found out that the horse had belonged to the army he asked the driver to give him the reins. The solider took the reins and held it tight. He shouted the word "Charge," to the horse.
Immediately the animal started off at full gallop and when the solider had got to his destination, he shouted "Halt". The animal stopped at once.
Next day a traveller came up and asked the driver, could he drive him to a certain place in five minutes.
The driver assured him that he could, so he sat up, and called out "Charge" to the horse. At once the animal started off at full gallop but when he got to the journey's end, the driver had to call out "for heaven's sake stop him, I forgot the other word."Some time ago, an Irishman by the name of Pat O'Mahony was returning from America. When he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Young
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greenmount, Co. Cork
