School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- Once upon a time there was a man named John Bán and one night he was coming home from a wake and he had no body with him and it is said that it is not right to come home from a wake with out some person to be along with one. He had to cross a mountain called Gleann a Woe and when he was just to cross a wall a big dog as big as a horse came before him with two heads on him. John was a very pious man and he knelt down before the dog and in two minutes the dog turned into a horse and the horse had the very same appearance as the dog. John then made the sign of the cross and the horse disappeared but John(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
