Volume: CBÉ 0312

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1. "Cé hé do Chara, Cé hé do Námha, etc?"

   

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   "Cé h-é do chara, cé h-é do námha, etc?"
   Rec. 821B. Bhí ánn fadó agus is fadó bhí. Dhá mbeinn-
   se an uair sin ánn ní bheinn anois ánn,
   bheach sean-sgéal agam nó sgéal nuaí nó
   bheinn gan aon sgéal. Bhí rí i nÉirinn fadó,
   agus sén dlí a leag sé amach fear a’ bith nuair
   a ghlanfach sé trí sgór blianta é chuir isteach
   i dtine agus é dhógh. Ach bhí aon seanfhear
   amháin ag imeacht amú air - bhí sé ’ceapa go

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   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Date

   24 February 1937–25 February 1937

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

   AT0981: Wisdom of Hidden Old Man Saves Kingdom

   Folktales index—relevant types

   AT0852: The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, “That is a Lie.”

   Language

   Irish

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • Micheál Ó Cuinn