School: Drumandoora N.S. (roll number 12123)
- Location:
- Drumandoora, Co. Clare
- Teachers: Liam Mac Aodhaire Liam Airley
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0592F, Page 10_049
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- There are special beliefs attached to horses when being sold
If grey horses haven't a dark spot in part of their body's it is said they carry a man's life.
One day a farmer was buying a grey horse and he searched all over the horse for a dark spot but he got no trace of it and he shook his head and said he would buy it for any money.
The owner of the hores knew what was troubling the buyer and he "you need not be afraid of her she has done her work already" meaning the horse had already killed a man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Chris Brody
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killanena, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Mr John Moloney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killanena, Co. Clare
