School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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  1. The King and His Daughter.
    Long ago when Ireland was a wooded country there lived a king a bit below Ballycastle. One day this King was out walking and he came on a wasp and a bee arguing as to which of them was the most useful.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0310: The Maiden in the Tower
    AT0432: The Prince as Bird
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Bourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Palmerstown, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Anthony Tuoghill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlereagh, Co. Mayo