Shoe My Horse! (Co. Antrim)

Pin It

fairy horse shoe

Robert McMullan, a blacksmith at Tievera, was accosted one day by a fairy man, who rode up to his forge and asked him to shoe his horse. McMullan answered that ‘he was unable to do so, as he only mended ploughs, and did rough smith’s work.’ The fairy replied, ‘if you lend me tools, I can shoe the horse myself;’ the smith complied, and the fairy cut off the legs of his horse, one by one, brought them into the forge and put on new shoes, fitting the legs again on his steed, and then he rode off. McMullan, thinking he might accomplish the same plan on an old horse of his own, did so, and, as may be supposed, failed. Brenan 59-60

Pin It