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School: Cill Mheadoin (C.)

Location:
Kilmaine, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Maighréad, Bean Uí Ghliosáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0106, Page 357

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    Long ago there was a Pooka living in a village. He was in the form of a horse. The people did not like him at all because he was doing a lot of destruction on them.
    Sometimes he would sink down in a field and wait there until the people would be going home from visiting them dash up and put them riding on himself and bring them to a bog hole and drown them.
    One night a young man said he would go to the fairies forth and tell them. He did so and they told him to go
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Bhríain
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinulty, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mac Uí Bríain
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinulty, Co. Mayo