School: Garracloon (roll number 6852)
- Location:
- Garrycloonagh, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: James J. Clarke
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 59
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- Some years ago there was a man and his name was Tom O Hora. One night as he was coming home from visiting he met a number of men and each man was riding on a horse.
Tom asked the men where they were going and they said they were going to the north to a marriage. The men asked Tom to come with them and Tom said he could not go with them as he had no horse to carry him. One of the riders struck a whin bush and he turned it into a white horse.
Then Tom jumped on the white horse and the men told him not to speak a word until they would reach the North. They travelled over land and bogs and at last they came to a big river. Tom was the last to jump it and he took the best(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Molloy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockfree, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Madden
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Knockfree, Co. Mayo
