School: Curry (C.) (roll number 12067)
- Location:
- Curry, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chaomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0639
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- (continued from previous page)evening but now was transformed into a man. He saw the blood on her forehead. He dragged her to the forbidden room and cut off her head.
Next night the daughter was taken on the third night. She shared her meal with the cat. When she entered the forbidden room she found her dead sisters. The blood splashed on her forehead but in gratitude for her kindness the little cat jumped up and licked it off. When the beast ( in the form of a man now) returned in the evening and found no trace of blood on her forehead, he was pleased beyond measure. The magic that turned him into the form of a beast during darkness and prevented him from going on dry land except in the form of a beast and at night only was now removed. He revived the two dead sisters placed the three behind him on a magnificent white horse and returned with(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Gallagher
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mary Tomy
- Gender
- Female
