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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0143, Page 150

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    said she was afraid of her son getting angry. The man suggested to do away with him but she would not allow this either.
    However, they decided to injure him in some way whilst he slept they poured boiling tar into his eyes.
    They then led him outside and hunted him off and got married. He was poking his way to the forest for a few days and he was fairly exhausted from hunger as he was not able to find any food for himself being blind.
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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