School: Fairche, Cill Dairbhre (roll number 6834)
- Location:
- Farahy, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán Mac Fheorais
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0373, Page 369
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- Once upon a time there was a man and he used to be out playing cards every night. On ight as he was going home he saw a lot of small men and they up on horses. The little men asked the man know would he come for a hunt. The man said he would if he had a horse. there was the handles of an old plough thrown against the ditch. The little men changed them into a horse. The man mounted the horse and they went away until they came to the river Lee. All the horses umped across it and said "[?] I wouldn't doubt you old handles of a plough Immeditaley when he said those words the horse disappeared and the man was sitting on the handles of the old plough.
- Collector
- Tom Bulman
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graigue, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Denis Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Graigue, Co. Cork
