School: Naomh Pádraig, Knockvicar

Location:
Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ceallaigh
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  1. A Water Horse
    About a hundred years ago there lived in Bryanstown a man named Michael Mac Partlon. One morning he saw a grey horse feeding in his field. He went down as far as the horse and examined him thoroughly. He saw he was the same sort of horse as an ordinary cart-horse. Next morning the same horse was in the same field and the next morning he was there again.
    Nobody knew the horse nor nobody in the district had
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockvicar, Co. Roscommon