School: Bun Machan
- Teacher: Íde, Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
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- (continued from previous page)the latch and he looked around him in a dazed way, then he fell unconscious on the floor. He was put to bed where after a while he seemed to be sleeping peacefully. After some hours he woke and began to chat with his relatives quite naturally. After a little while they began to talk of the events of the night. The sister mentioned the when the younger brother had his hand upon the latch of the door, about to go out and the door partly open and she herself with the bottle in her hand she saw a white horse dash away from the door riderless and that he went with great speed in a westerly direction towards Rathenscolloge. The young brother then gave them some account of what had happened to himself. It was one night that he went up the hills to see if his sheep were all right. The night was cold but the moon was shining and it was almost as bright as day. All at once a great heat came over him and he got so tired that he sat upon a rock and after a while he fell asleep. He was awakened by a horse walking around him. It was a white horse and there was a saddle upon its back. The horse came close up to where he sat upon the rock and something seemed to tell the young man to mount upon his back. He did so and immediately numbers of horses appeared on every side with riders upon their backs and they(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Íde Bean Uí Chobhthaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Príomhoide
- Informant
- Mícheál Ó Cobhthaigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Occupation
- Mac feirmeora