School: Kilkitt
- Location:
- Coill an Chait, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Baoighealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0941, Page 074
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- One time there was two men going to Clones fair to buy a horse, one man was the inspector and the other was the buyer. They had to walk, and they had to start the night before.
They were going on the road and one man found a horse-shoe. He lifted it and he said it was for luck. They went on and they met a funeral and they said they would help the people who were carrying the corpse. They left the shoe up on the corpse and when they looked around(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eileen Hamilton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carraig an Mheilte, Co. Mhuineacháin
- Informant
- Tom Keelaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill an Chait, Co. Mhuineacháin
