School: Ballinea (roll number 10426)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Farrell
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He waited for a good while but the car did not seem to be coming any nearer so he said, "That car must be further off than we thought. Ill go home". He said, "Goodnight" and went home.
Next morning he told Mrs O'Farrells father that when he was just settled in bed the noise became very loud right at his own gate.
A horse which was in a stable inside the gate burst open the stable door and when Mr Murray came out he was trembling and covered with perspiration.
The "car" was nowhere to be seen and the noise also had ceased.
He got it very hard to coax the horse back into the stable.
It was a long time before he would go in for him.
- Informant
- Mrs O' Farrell
- Gender
- Female
