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1. A Story (continued)

   “Long ago there lived two children whose names were Finnala and Gras in a forest in Germany.”

   

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   as they were told and they found the knife.
   When they returned the little man said "you must cut the head off me". The children let the knife fall. The little man laughed and said "I was only trying you all the time but cut my finger". Why don't you do it yourself?" said the children. "Ah" said the little man "it cannot be done by anyone but by a good little maiden who never told a fib." Gras put a little cut on the little man's finger and in a few minutes he was a fine tall prince.
   The next minute there came a loud rap to the door. The prince told them to go into the next room, he went down to the door and opened it and killed the big giant with a stab of the knife. The children heard a terrible scream and they saw the hounds of the wood of darkness eating up the witch.
   The children asked the prince to bring them home and he brought them home through the wood of darkness and out through the door of the elm tree.

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Hugh G. Lynn

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Keenagh Beg, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Tom O Hara

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 35

   Address

   Keenagh Beg, Co. Mayo