School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)
- Location:
- Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 436
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- (continued from previous page)a wood. That night the girl had a dream and in the dream she saw a fairy who said to her that they only way to release her brothers from the spell was to spin and weave twelve shirts out of yarn. In the dream the fairy showed her a bunch of the yard and she told her she would find it at the back of the cottage. She then also told her that if she would open her mouth while making the shirts the spell would remain on her brothers for ever. The maiden did as she was bidden and one day when she had four of the shirts make the king and his huntsmen came riding through the wood. The king saw the maiden and he immediately fell in love with her. He(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
