School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)

Location:
Corrower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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    an easy task”.
    So the young Prince went back to the Castle and told his father the King. The Queen was bent with grief when she heard what had befallen the Prince.
    They called a meeting of their Council to consider the matter but nothing could be done. However the nurse that had attended the Prince when he was a baby bade the King and Queen be comforted – that she could solve the mystery quite easily.
    “Your majesty” she began, “I am the mother of three huge giants and they live in the far West. Tomorrow I will give the Prince instructions where they live. There is not one Castle or Kingdom in the world but they know. But the only difficult part of the matter is how the Prince will be made acquainted with them”.
    Then the old nurse set to work and made three scones which she kneaded with her own breast-milk, with which she had nursed her own three sons those huge
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    Folktales index
    AT0313: The Girl as Helper
    AT0400: The Man on a Quest for his Lost Wife
    AT0852: The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, “That is a Lie.”
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Austin F. Cunney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corrower, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    William Loftus
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Graffy, Co. Mayo