School: Caisleán hAicéid
- Location:
- Castlehacket, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0025, Page 0048
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- Long ago there lived a king who has a beautiful palace. Once day a girl arrived and asked him if he wanted a cook. "You are the very person I want," replied the king. "Come in and I will pay you at the end of the month.
One day he went out hunting with a servant-boy and he told the cook to have two ducks cooked for them in the evening when they would return. It was five oclock in the evening when the ducks were cooked.
Then the cook went out to a hill that was near the house to see of they were coming but she saw no sight of them. When she came in the two ducks were on the table and she said to herself "I feel very hungry. I would like very much to have one for myself.
Before half an hour had passed away she had one of the ducks(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josephine Costelloe
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Fearagha, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Costelloe Thomas
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 45
- Address
- Fearagha, Co. Galway
