1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Baile Dubh (2), (B.)

School: Baile Dubh (2), (B.)

Location:
An Baile Dubh, Co. Phort Láirge
Teacher:
Seán Ó Murchadha
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 442

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 442

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Baile Dubh (2), (B.)
  2. XML Page 442
  3. XML “An Old Story”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. An Old Story (continued)

    “There was once a king who was very fond of stories. He said he would give his daughte in marriage to whomever would tell him a story that would last forever.”

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    help themselves to enough what happened afterwards." Uh" said he "how can I tell you what happened first". "Then another locust went in and carried off another grain of corn. The king listened as long as he could and at last he cried out "Take my daughter. Take my kingdom take everything only let us hear no more of those abominable locusts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT2300: Endless Tales
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tuar na Gaoithe, Co. Phort Láirge
    Informant
    Mr Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tuar na Gaoithe, Co. Phort Láirge