School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)
- Location:
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 384
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- (continued from previous page)and his wife set off for the feast leaving the Princess at home.When all were happy and enjoying themselves the King’s footman called for silence and said that his Majesty had one request to ask and so the King entered the royal banquet Hall and said: “I want to know if everybody in my kingdom is present at the royal wedding”.Somebody said:” yes your Majesty, I think so”, and so the cobbler came forward and said “I humbly beg your pardon, your Majesty, there is a very noble looking lady who is not present. She is at home after me and my wife. She has come from some foreign land and came to our house this evening. I told her of the royal invitation but she said as she was a stranger she would not come.“Well”, said the King, “you must go at once and tell her she must attend at the royal wedding”.So the cobbler set out and soon arrived ar his own house and told the Princess that the King had sent him specially to ask(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Austin F. Cunney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- William Loftus
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Graffy, Co. Mayo
