School: Garracloon (roll number 6852)

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1. The Golden Bird (continued)

   

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   not long until they came to the king's palace and the king welcomed him to his Kingdom. The mare told the Prince every thing that he would do for the day to come. The king told him that he would hide twice and if the Prince could not find he he would cut his head off. The Prince came and told the mare and she said "Catch the first duck that comes into the stable and wring her neck and bring her to me". As soon as the duck came in he had her by the neck and started to swing and twist. "Blood blood! it is I that is in it" said the king. "You're lucky or I would have your head off" said the Prince. It was the Prince's turn to hide the next day and he came and told the mare. She told him that when it came to his turn to hide there was a tooth stirring in her mouth and he was to take it out and go in in place of it. The next day the king searched and could not find him. The third day the old king hid and the Prince came and told the mare and she

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   AT0329: Hiding from the Devil

   AT0531: Ferdinand the True and Ferdinand the False

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Gibson

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Deelcastle, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Tom Gibson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Deelcastle, Co. Mayo