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School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)

Location:
Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Tuairisc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 119

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    Far away lived a King whose wife died and left him with eleven sons and one daughter. The daughter's name was Elise and she and her brothers were the happiest children in the world until the King brought home a new Queen. The moment the stranger arrived the children knew she was a very wicked woman. In a weeks time she had poor Elise sent away to live in a peasants cottage. She then made the King believe that his sons were bad boys until he soon cared for them no longer. "Fly out into the wood and seek for yourselves" said the Queen. Then by a magic spell she changed them into eleven white swans doomed to be
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0451: The Maiden Who Seeks her Brothers
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornfield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Rourke
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Cornfield, Co. Mayo