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School: Cúige na Mainseár

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Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 292

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  1. A Story - An Fear a Bhí Fad ar A Mháthair (continued)

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    At the end of seven she brought him out into the garden to try would he be able to pull the tree his father set the day he was born. He tried a few times but he could not stir it. Then his mother brought him home and kept him feeding for seven years more on her breast. At the end of fourteen years his mother brought him out again to try and pull the tree but he again failed. She brought him home again and kept him feeding for seven years more. At the end of the twenty first year she bro-ught him to the tree and said- An fear tú anois súarscár?
    He caught hold of the tree and pulled it up with an acre of land with it
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0650**: The Strong Youth
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patriick Newcombe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas Newcombe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo