School: Coillte Craobhacha, Drumlish (roll number 15108)
- Location:
- Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0758, Page 432
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- (continued from previous page)asked them had they no horse for him They said no but that they would take him along. They mounted him on what he thought was a white calf. They told him not to speak until he would get back to the Fort. The horse's galloped along and the white calf galloped with them. They jumped across a big river and he said, "Be the Holy", that was a wonderful jump for a calf," As soon as he said that the Horse's, Fairy's and the white calf disappeared and he found himself beyond the Shannon.
It took him the next day to walk back to Kiltycreevagh. Tales of that kind left people afraid to go about Forts at night.
- All the Irish at Ballinamuck were Mayomen except a mere handful. This was due, not to apathy, but to the fact that the Longford and Leitrim men were(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Mc Kenna
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Michael Grimes
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 86
- Address
- Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
