School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 028
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“Once upon a time there was a man and he went away to look for work.”
(continued from previous page)Next morning the king asked him could he weave a suit of cloth before an hour, that it was his wife for the day. The king went out and the man started to cry out of the window and a small woman came in with a nose as long as a hand. The woman asked him what was he crying for and he told her. She said she would weave it for him before a half an hour if he would ask her to his wedding and the man said he would. The woman started and she was finished before a half an hour. The next morning the king told him to have a quilt quilted before a quarter of an hour. The man started to cry this morning again and a woman with a nose as long as a crook entered. The man told her his story and she said she would quilt it before a quarter of an hour if he would ask her to his wedding. The man said he would, so she started and she was finished in a quarter of an hour. The king came in and he was very pleased and he told him if he would be able to knit(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Grace Campbell
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Meenawilderg, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Margaret Mc Groary
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 52
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Meenawilderg, Co. Donegal