School: Clonfinlough, Athlone
- Location:
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: E. Ní Mhionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 203
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- Once upon a time there was a man coming home from a fair in Tullamore. It was after twelve o'clock when he was coming home. The horse would not go quick enough for him so he looked down and saw a black dog running before the horse. The man blessed himself and the dog jumped over the man and sparkels of fire fell all round the man. The horse would not go atall then, so the man had to go in to a house and stay there all night. He put the horse in to a stable, and the man went to bed. When he was in bed a little while, he heard a noise in the stable, but he was afraid to go out. When he got up next morning he went out to see the horse, and he found him lying in the stable nearly dead. It was said that the dog was in the stable all night watching the horse. After a few hours the horse died of fright. It was said that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Mrs Brigid Kelly
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Clonfinlough, Co. Offaly
