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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
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Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 149

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    more rooms. Some of them being bedrooms. They decided to stop the night.
    Nothing unusual happened or nobody disturbed their slumber. So the following morning the boy went out rambling and left his mother behind him.
    Whilst he was out a man came and stayed conversing with the woman when the boy was about to return the man went away again.
    He came back the next day and delayed a long time conversing with both of them.
    Secretly, he asked the woman to marry him, but
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    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