School: Drumdigus (B.), Cill Mhuire (roll number 13478)
- Location:
- Drumdigus, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Éamonn Mac Gearailt
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0600, Page 155
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- (continued from previous page)princess swear that she would never tell anyone what had happened. When they arrived at the palace there was great rejoising. The false princess was carried into the palace and the right princess was left outside. The prince said "What will we do with your servant". She said "put her minding the geese with the boy". The false princess got a man to cut the head off the horse so that it wouldn't be able to tell the secret. The right princess gave a piece of gold to the man to nail the head over the gate, she used to pass out and in every day with the geese. Every morning she used to say to the horses head "Hello". The head used to answer "If your mother knew it, her heart would break". When she went to the field she started to fix her golden hair. When the boy saw it he tried to get one of the ribs. But the girl told the wind to bring his hat over ditches and hedges. The wind did what she asked(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Gerard Studdert
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumdigus, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael Studdert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Kilmurry McMahon, Co. Clare
