School: Gleann, Meathus Truim (roll number 12136)
- Location:
- Glen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0769, Page 089
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- (continued from previous page)out his three sons, and he gave them three good horses, and lots of travelling charges.
When they were going, the eldest lad took a high road, and the second eldest took a by road, and the young lad took a lane. The first thing the young lad saw was a hen and a clutch of chickens, and the chickens they were so hungry that they picked the flesh off the horses back. He said that it was to bad, and he got down off the horse's back, and cut the head off the horse, and gave it to the chickens. He went on walking, and the hen said to the chickens, "This man has done us a great turn" and he is going(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Barney Doyle
- Gender
- Male
