A horse strolled into a store and the internet went wild

Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:41 p.m.·1 min read

What's better than riding your horse through town? Getting your groceries done at the same time, of course!

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This bizarre occurrence was spotted in a Galway, Ireland Tesco and thankfully posted to the world wide web by Reddit user, PeterTheOstrich.

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According to the Daily Edge, there is an annual horse fair held in the Irish town of Ballinasloe around this time, so we're going to take an educated guess and say these occurrences are connected.

Such a strange moment would probably never go down in the U.S., but according to Irish Reddit and Twitter users, this is just "Ireland being Ireland."

Wondering what exactly a horse fair entails? Here's a photo from the Ballinasloe Horse Fair festivities, going on in Ireland right now:

"1,200 horses"Post by: Dakota & Summer-RoseWhen: Sunday, 04 Oct 15Where: Ballinasloe Horse Fair &...
Posted by Wanderlove on Sunday, October 4, 2015

Watch here — Woman scratches horse's back and the horse reciprocates:

Woman Scratches Horse's Back and Horse Reciprocates

See photos of this doberman dog and his horse BFF:

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