School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)

Location:
Corrower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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    from Erin! It is long foretold to me of your coming to the Western World. I promise you dear Prince, if you be faithful to me and take me for your bride back to Erin from this wicked land, I will free you from my father’s wickedness.”
    I promise you dear Princess” said the Prince, “to be true to you till death – as true as the royal blood that flows in my veins tonight.”
    So they shook hands and parted. The Princess converted herself into a swan as before and flew towards her father’s Castle, and the young Prince, full of confidence in the promise the Princess had given him, walked straight up to the Castle door where he was met by the Dwarf King. The Prince gave him a royal salute but the little Dwarf King was so astounded that he could not at first utter one word. At last he said: “You are the first man from any Country that has ever landed in this Western World.”
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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