School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)
- Location:
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Coinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0126, Page 359
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- (continued from previous page)so he went his way leaving the Prince to do this difficult task.The Prince thought to himself he had better try, to see how he would fare, but no sooner had he one forkful thrown out than there came ten rolling in with the result that his clothes were all soiled and so he gave it up for a bad job and sat down on a bench in the stable. It was not very long until the Princess came with his dinner as she had promised and she gave him a good scolding for destroying his dress.“Did you forget,” she said, “what I told you last night? Why didn’t you make your mind easy and sit down until I would get here to do it for you?” and, so saying, she took a little magic man out of her pocket and bade him clean the stable and find the golden crown. He set to work and in a short time he cleaned the stable and found the crown which he handed to the Prince. The princess put the little man back into her pocket and said to the Prince: “now take(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Austin F. Cunney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrower, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- William Loftus
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Graffy, Co. Mayo
