School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 207
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- (continued from previous page)thans for your great goodness, to me, and I will never forget your party face, or do you think I will ever see you again''?
''It is not impossible, but a very poor chance, for if you don't do as I have told you, you will fall into the hands of King Cruel-Heart and that will be the last of you'',
''My beautiful lady, again I thank you'', and with that the queen was off, and he could not tell which way she went. He stood there for a while, in as great wonder as he was in when he met her. ''Well begorra'' says Teddy,
''its a big undertaking, as the lady said, but here's off for the castle, fortune favours the brave.''
so he started on his journey as fresh as ever, and at evening he came to the Gap of Hardship.
He pulled out his blade and kept cutting in front of him, and the wind lashed his face like a score of whips, and he was hurled from one side to the other, but he still kept lashing with his sword, and at length he gained the mouth of the cave
''Here it is'' said he an infernal black looking hole it is, but I must go in or turn back.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- T.F. O' Grady
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- W m. Hunt
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 60
