School: Leamh-choill
- Location:
- Drumsillagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Ghadhra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0232, Page 144
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- One day as a farmer was ploughing on the banks of the Shannon one of his horses became lame. He had to stop ploughing as a result. He went to one of his neighbours to borrow a horse but he could get none.
As he was returning home he saw a fine black one standing by the edge of the Shannon. He went down to catch him and found that he was all wet. He did not think that he was a sea-horse. He thought that he had been out swimming and that that was how he got wet.
He brought him home with him. It was a bright sunny day and he was not long drying. When he was dry enough he harnessed him and put him ploughing with the other horse. He had a lot of ground ploughed when dinner-time came.
He did not bother taking the harness off the sea-horse but left him eating hay with his own horse. When he came out from dinner he saw the sea-horse galloping down towards the Shannon. He ran after him and saw him plunge into the swirling waters of the river.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Gerard O' Hara
- Gender
- Male
