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School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

Location:
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0728, Page 210

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    Long ago there was a Duke in Ireland and he had two daughters. One of them was every tall and good looking. The other one was small and her feet were so big that no shoe would fit her. She used to make her own shoes of straw and sticks She was untidy and her father gave her a farm and put a couple of head cattle in it
    Every year one of her cows died, because she curshed her father for giving her the wet land None of her cows would calf any year. After four or five years all her cattle was dead. At this time her father was dead and
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0513: The Extraordinary Companions
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Lyons
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Thomas Waters
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath