School: Árd Bán (roll number 11904)
- Location:
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Briain Ó hEarchaigh
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“One day Fionn Mac Cumhaill went in search of the King's daughter.”
(continued from previous page)snapped the lip off her and went away.Next morning she came in and prepared their breakfast for them. She said that they had the three deeds done and that she would marry Fionn next Monday. The man that Fionn took with him was going and he called Fionn with him. He told Fionn that he was the man that they were fighting about burying and he gave Fionn a green branch. He told him to jag this in the lady's head every morning and that it would knock a devil out of her . Fionn thanked the man and he could not be grateful enough to him and the man went away. Fionn did this every morning and at the end of the week the lady usen't to go to hell. On the day before the wedding day the lady broke her leg and she died in two hours.
- Collector
- Nora Mac Shane
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Gallagher
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Feirmeoir
- Address
- Ardbane, Co. Donegal