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School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 090

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    They fought for a long time and the boy won.
    Then they people said it was he who killed the dragoon. Then he got a scissors and cut one of the girls curles so that he would know her when he could come back the next day. He went back to the castle got two lovely white horses and put on the saddles and bridles on them and went back to the sea where the girl was, and he put her upon one of the white horses and got up on the other one himself and went back to the castle and got down off them and put them into the stable. The next day the boy and girl married and lived
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0300: The Dragon‑Slayer
    AT0510: Cinderella and Cap o' Rushes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hubert Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tooman, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Paddy Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    20
    Address
    Tooman, Co. Leitrim