School: Moyne (C.) (roll number 13990)
- Location:
- An Mhaighean, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Bean Uí Tháibh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0767, Page 077
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- One day a man was ploughing in a field beside Drumary Lough. He saw two old horses and a colt coming out of the lough. He went down to where the horses were standing and he caught hold of one of them. He brought him home with him. He put him in the stable . He fed him. The next morning when he had the breakfast eaten he brought him out to plough. He ploughed away with him for a week. Then when he would bring him out he always wanted to go down to the lough. There was a fair in Granard the next Monday.
He brought him to the fair and sold him. He got £40 for the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Janie Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Mhaighean, Co. an Longfoirt
- Informant
- Mrs Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 56
- Address
- An Mhaighean, Co. an Longfoirt
