School: Killyrann
- Location:
- Killyran, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Stafford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 293
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- Once upon a time there was a king named Lir and his first wife died and he married again.
He had four children one daughter and three sons. He was very fond of his children but their stepmother hated them.
One day she brought them to the Lake Davra. She brought them down to the edge of the lake and told them to go in for a bathe. When they were standing in the water she struck them one by one with a fairy wand and turned them into four swans. So she came away and left them swimming on the lake and they had to stay there for hundreds of years till the people had learned about Christ.
- Collector
- Anna Gault
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killyran, Co. Cavan
