School: Cluaineach (C.) (roll number 11774)
- Location:
- Coolrawer, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chlaimhín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0369
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- Once upon a time there was a king and his two sons and they used to go out for a walk every evening. They used to pass by a house and they used to throw a piece of it every time they passed it. One day the man of the house met a boy and he said he'd give him all the riches he had if he'd kill the king and his two sons.
So one night the boy went up on a tree and started pelting down stones on the King. The King said to his son that if he would not give over pelting stones down on them and he killed one of the King's sons. When he had the boy killed another stone hit him on the head and he said "it was you that was pelting the stones all the time and I killed by other son for you," so he killed his other son and all. So when he had his other son killed, he looked up to the tree and he saw the boy above and he told him to come down and the boy said he wouldnt that he'd kill him if he came down.
He said he'd do nothing to him and then they had a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Vera M. Jennings
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cully, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mrs M.M. Swords
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonagh, Co. Sligo
