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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 492

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    The man came out of the tree. He bought a new house.
    There was a law at that time, no one to go near the Princess. One night the man went to the King's house and took the Princess to his house. The King's men watched the house, that the light was in on that night. Eardly in the morning one of the King's men put a mark of chalk of the door.
    The man left back the Princess and put a mark of chalk on every door in the village so that no one of the King's men would know which house they marked the night before. Next night the King's men filled her pockets with flour and they put a little
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Killeen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cartoon, Co. Mayo