School: Windgap, Thomastown (roll number 5698)
- Location:
- Windgap, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eoin
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- (continued from previous page)and give it to me and I will go and seek my fortune also I will get a mug of water so that if i'm hungery on my way I can eat and drink."
They had a little dog and when the little one was going she brought it with her to accompany her.
"Off the little girl went,
She went over hills where the cock never crew.
Or the wind never sounded its horn."
After a long journey she came to a little well. There she sat down took out her lunch and ate it. After a few minutes a little robin came to her and said "Are you all alone" said he
"I'm not" said she "I have a God over me, a lunch in my hand, and a little dog beside me."
You look as if you are looking for a job" said robin.
"The very thing any chance of one" said the girl.
"Well" said the bird "Do you see that little hill beyound there? go over there and you'll see a tall fine house in it lives a giant in the form of a dog. Do not be afraid for he is nice and kind.
Off the little one went to the house knocked at the door and a servant came to her. The two of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Ryan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Jim Butler
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Traveller
