School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)
- Location:
- Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádhraic Mac Congamhna
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“There was once a king long ago and he had three sons.”
(continued from previous page)and they would then return to their father. The eldest boy learned to be a robber, the second boy learned to be a joiner, and the third boy became a master marksman. After the year and a day they returned to their father as promised. He asked them what trades did they learn, and they told him. He said that one was as good as the other, and that he did not know what to do. However, he gave each of them a hundred pounds, and they got married, and lived happy ever afterwards.
- Collector
- Agnes Timlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Timlin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo