School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)back and I'll bring you across ''
'' Oh no, you would eat me ''
'' Oh no '' said the fox there's honour in me I'll not touch you ''
The cake jumped up on his back and the fox crept into the river.
Said he,
'' Fidge a bit higher afraid yo'd be drowned '' and the cake
'' fidged ''up on his shoulder.
He said '' Fidge a bit higher afraid you would get drowned '' and it jumped on his head.
The fox was at the bank now, and put his head straight and said a bit higher '' and the cake had to jump on his nose.
The fox was just landing when he said
'' Could I not eat you now if I liked '' '' You could indeed but you said there was honour in you ''
'' So there is and any way I don't eat bread but if you were a goose I'd have no honour '' so follow me. '' and so he set out and the cake followed him until they arrived at Judy the Witche's hut. and when the cake came in on the door old Judy hit it with a witch wand, and the cake fell flat on the floor, and she took it up and she says
'' Now Jack won't I eat more of it than you ''(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mary Ann Wheeler
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 20