School: Knocktoosh, Ráthluirc (roll number 12786)
- Location:
- Knocktoosh, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire Ní Ghruagáin
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“Long ago there was a woman who was saving hay”
My brother told me this story and he heard it from an old man in Feenagh Parish Parish Co Limerick.
Long ago there was a woman who was saving hay near Killough. There is nothing to be seen here now but its ruin. The woman got thirsty and there were no wells around. She went into the church and drank the consecrated wine.
Immediately she was changed into a white horse and there was a plough attached to her, and she had to(continues on next page)
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- Teresa Quirke
- Gender
- Female