School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)
- Location:
- Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 435
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- (continued from previous page)sun was sinking and looking up in the sky she beheld twelve whit swans flying towards her. When they alighted on the ground they were changed into the forms of her brothers. She was overjoyed to see them and they related all their adventures to her. After that they all went to sleep and next morning when she awoke she was being carried along on a sort of bier, each of the brothers carrying it and the youngest flying in front of her shading her from the sun. In the evening they spotted a large rock in the middle of the seas. They slighted on the rock and spent the night on the rock. Next morning they set off again on their journey and that evening they reached a beautiful country where there was a little cottage in the heart of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Mc Loughlin
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmanagh, Co. Galway
