School: Mullagh (C )

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Elizabeth Murchan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1003, Page 178

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    horse in every respect - a beauty, a good worker, a friend of the family.
    One precaution, the OReillys took concerning the horse was this - they never let him near the lake - his drink was brought to him in the yard, while the other horses drank at the lake. A day came, however, when, for some reason, they were off their guard and at drinking time, the fairy horse went with the rest and no sooner had he reached his beloved home there than down he plunged and was never heard of no more.
    Many a time, as we pass the lake, we expect to
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nannie Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Farrelly
    Gender
    Male