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| | Riding the Pooka and other waterhorses - Folklore |
 | | It is said that the Clan Chattan once had a Kelpie bridle, till a young wife took pity on the creature and freed it, and to this day, legend tells us that the MacGregors hold a bridle, a memento from an early chieftan who saved himself from a Kelpie near Loch Slochd. |
 | | As Douglas Hyde has noted, the Pooka originally appeared as fearsome and frightening as the Kelpie, he was a terrible fl horse, huge and sleek, breathing blue flames, with eyes of yellow fire, a snort like thunder, a smell like sulphur, a stride that clears mountains and a human voice deep as a cave. |
 | | Gone are the days when the Pooka kicked hard enough to crush human bones and lifted a man like an empty sack and jumped with him into the sea. |
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