School: Cill Úird (B.)
- Location:
- Kilworth, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Suibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0376, Page 196
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- Once there was a blacksmith who was working in a small house near a village and he owned a white horse.
One day he was out hunting with his horse and it hurt its leg. After a few days the horse died and the smith took the set of shoes off it and buried it in a liss near the forge.
That night when he was in bed, a knock was heard at the door and the man got up and went to the door.
He saw a lady drawing a white horse and she told him to put on the set of shoes on the horse which he took off.
The man put on the shoes and the lady went back to the liss with the horse again.
When the smith went to the forge the following morning he got two shilling on the anvil but(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Wall
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballinvoher, Co. Cork
