School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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- (continued from previous page)or a cake and her curse would prefer. He took the cake and he curse. As he was going he met a cow. The cow said to him "Milk me, no one has milked me for five years" but he said he had no time. The cow gave him a puck of her horns. As he went along he met a horse. "Ride me, no one has ridden me for five years, but he said he had no time. The horse then stood on him and killed him. The same thing happened to the second son.
The third son took half the cake, his mother's blessing, milked the cow and rode the horse.
The horse then brought him to a crock of gold the fairies had hidden. He and his mother lived happily ever after. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Mícheál Mach Mathghamhna
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Carthy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath