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School: Gaddyduff (B.) (roll number 16642)

Location:
Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
P. H. Kavanagh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 252

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    wouldn't leave her for she loved him. She took him to the brook for a drink. The king's men followed after him to take him back. The horse told the princecess to pull off his halter and he could drink better.
    When he got to the water he turned himself into a little trout. They got their tamed water-clogs to eat up all the trout in the river.
    This trout made an engagement ring of himself and slipped up on the princecess's finger. They made to take the ring off her finger and she said
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0325: The Magician and his Pupil
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brian Devlin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Altahalla, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mary Anne Devlin
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Altahalla, Co. Donegal