School: Gleann Calraighe (roll number 15864)
- Location:
- Gleann Chalraí Íochtarach, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Riagáin
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- (continued from previous page)would not let him go He said that he had many other boys, and that he would change them all into pigions. So after a while his father, the father got a chance to talk to his son. The son told him that their would be a small feather sticking out of his tail and that would be his son. So the son was home with him. One day he was out working in the fields, when he saw twelve men approaching him. So he changed himself into a horse. The twelve men began buying the horse. He told his father not to give them the halter because he would be in it himself. They were at him ever until they got the horse, and the halter. So when they were going along the road, he changed himself into a bird of the air. So they changed themselves into twelve hawks and went after him. Then he changed himself into a trout, and they changed themselves into twelve salmon, and went after him. He changed himself into a bird again, and went up to the top of a house. Then he changed himself into a ring, and he let himself down the chimney. There was a girl sitting at the fire. She picked up the ring and put it on her finger. So the twelve hawks, came(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Áine Nic an Chloinsigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Seoirse Mac an Chloinsigh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55