School: Mín Riabhach (roll number 17050)
- Location:
- Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Anton Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1097, Page 76
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“Once upon a time a boy went out to seek his fortune.”
(continued from previous page)like the boy. Then she got a crowd of men to drown the boy. The men put the boy in a large box and threw him into the river. The box floated on down the river until it was stopped by a large stone. When it stopped the boy pushed off the top of the box and got out. When he got free he travelled on until he came to a large forest. He sat down to rest, and soon he thought of the snuff box. He got the snuff box in one of his pockets, he told it to get him the castle with the golden pillars. Immediately a crowd of little men came out of the snuff box and went away. The boy soon fell fast asleep. When he awoke the castle with the golden pillars was standing beside him. Then he told(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Browne
- Gender
- Male
- Collector
- Patrick J. Gallen
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Mary Browne
- Gender
- Female