School: Fionn-Tráigh (roll number 16357)
- Location:
- Fintragh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Aibhistín A. Mac Amhlaoidh
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- Collector
- Cáit Ní Bhreisleán
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Largy, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Micheál Ó Baoighill
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Kill, Co. Donegal
Seanscéal
“There was once a poor man, who had thirteen sons. He had no food to give them, and he planned to leave them away in a wood.”
There was a poor man, who had thirteen sons. He had no food to give them, and he planned to leave them away in a wood. One of the sons name was Jack, and when he heard what his father was about to do he filed his pockets with pebbles.
The father took them to a large wood, and when they were in the middle of the wood he left them. Jack had dropped a pebble here and there, so he knew the way back.
The father then took them to a wood farther away. When they were leaving the house he gave each of them a piece of bread. Jack did not eat his, but dropped a crumb here and there. When they were in the middle of the wood the father left them.(continues on next page)