School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 080
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- Once upon a time there was an old woman who was very poor. It happened on a windy night when a stranger came to her door and he held a goose in his arms.
He spoke to the old woman and he gave her the goose.
She caught the goose by the leg and with a loud cackle it laid a golden egg.
This was the first of the many golden eggs she laid and the old woman grew very rich. She built a big house and she hired many servants to attend her. She became very proud. The only drawback to her was the noise the goose made. Each time it laid a golden egg it seemed to cackle louder than before, till at last she called her servant and told(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Clogher
- Gender
- Male
