School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

Location:
Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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    told her mistress.
    She ran into
    She said that could not be so. When the ship reached to street it stopped. They crew got out and went into the house Then the hen wife said the marriage would go on directly. But the mistress said that the would have to be tested again. She said that the next day there would be a banquet and except they could eat all the bread. At it they would be hanged to-morrow.
    Next day the banquet went on and they all came and sat down and they all began to eat. Soon they all were filled except Never-to-be-Full and all the food they could carry to him the could not fill him. At last they gave in.
    Then the hen wife said that the marrige would go on directly.
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    Folktales index
    AT0513: The Extraordinary Companions
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sandie Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Three Trees, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Brown
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aught, Co. Donegal