School: Wateraghy
- Location:
- Woteraghy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: C. Ó Cuilinn
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- (continued from previous page)living beside it and he had a lot of horses all beside the lake.
One morning he went to the field beside the lake to get to get a horse to harrow. He caught one and harnessed him and started to harrow. When he was a while harrowing the horse ran away down into the lake and was never seen or heard of after.
The man that had this experience was called John Hokey and his descendents are to be had yet. One of them is William Galligan Drumhowna.
- Informant
- Paddy Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Carrickclevan, Co. Cavan
