School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

Location:
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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    One day the king was sitting in his garden. The goose girl came to go into the garden, she said, "O flada it is you hang there." "It is dear Princess pass under. If your mother only knew, her poor heart would brake. The king heard this he ordered the false girl to be killed. So the real Princess was married.
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    Folktales index
    AT0403: The Black and the White Bride
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Oliver Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Michael Coleman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath