School: Gleann, Meathus Truim (roll number 12136)

Location:
Glen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Beirn
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    better of him and he said "Horse help me, hound help me, hawk help me".
    They would not help him because he tied them.
    She killed him and turned him into a green stone in the hob.
    One morning when the other one was going to school he saw his brothers half of the well bloody, and he said, he would go to look for him.
    He started off with his horse, hawk, and hound but, did not go far until he started a hare and he hunted her on a good way until he lost sight of her at the side of a lake in bull-rushes.
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    Folktales index
    AT0471: The Bridge to the Other World
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Doyle
    Gender
    Male