School: Béal Átha 'n Fheadha (B.) (roll number 13631)
- Location:
- Ballina, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: D. P. Ó Cearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 116
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- Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons. Two were good workers and the other was the rake of the family.The father put him away from the castle and he went around wandering through the wood, he went into the next country. He went into a wood. He saw a king and his daughter hunting for wild animals and the daughter strayed away into the wood and the rake was watching her. He saw her standing under a big tree. There was a big tiger on top and he was going to leap down on top of her and the rake had a little gun and he let go a bullet at the tiger and got him on the forehead and killed him.The king was watching the whole time and he went over to the fellow and said you saved my daughter's life and the reward I will give you is herself to marry. So the king brought him home and he got married to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Desmond Hopkins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knocklehaugh, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mr John Hopkins
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knocklehaugh, Co. Mayo
