School: Beanntraighe (B.) (roll number 15135)
- Location:
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dr. Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0281, Page 077
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- There is a story told about a water-horse that came up Bantry Bay. He was seen coming up near Blue Hill in Beech by a man named Tom Evans who lived near the place.
The horse was said to be the same as any other horse. But, he had a tail like a fish.
The man had great misfortune with his horses, as fast as he bought them they died. But the water-horse appeared to him very often. One day he met a tramp woman, who told him that the water-horse would bring him good luck some time.
Then she told him to buy a horse the colour of the water-horse and he would live with him. The man did as he was told and he bought a big black horse. This horse lived to be a great age and the people called him Tom Evan's sea-horse.
- Collector
- Thomás Ó Úrdail
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bantry, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mrs Harrington
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bantry, Co. Cork
