School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 203
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“There was once a woman who had three daughters.”
(continued from previous page)without anyone seeing her. In the evening the two of them went home, while little two eye was starving with the hunger and little eye had plenty so next day they sent little three eye to see her getting her food. When the time came for the little girl to get her food the two of them sat down and little one eye began singing. "Sleep little three eye". Soon she began to fall asleep herself and she began singing sleep little three eye. "Sleep little two eye. Little three eye fell asleep but one of her eyes were open. She heard the little girl saying. "Bleat, little goat", little table arise". She saw her getting her food. She told her mother when she went home, and she ordered the goat to be killed.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nellie Reilly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ardvally, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- James Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardvally, Co. Mayo