School: Bawnboy
- Location:
- Bawnboy, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Grady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0963, Page 225
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- (continued from previous page)with gold pebbles. All this dazzled his eyes for a good while and the flowers and the perfume of them made him think he was in fairy land. He still kept going on till he came to a great castle and a ball alley. At it there was a young prince playing by himself.
So Garret went up to him and the prince saw him and asked him who he was and where he came from. My name is Garret and I came from Erin. Where am I now''? You are in red Caps territory
''Will you play a game of ball?'' I don't care if I do
''You know the rules here?''
''No'' says Garret ''For I never was here before''
''Well'' says the prince
''we name the stakes when the game is won'' ''Begonia'' says Garret ''that's a queer way but its as good for me as it is for you. So here's at it. They began to play and Garret won the first game ''Well'' says the prince what have I to
pay you?'' ''You will have to put twenty cows on my father's land and a white bull at their tails''
That will be done'' says the prince ''and now we will have another(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Glover
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
