School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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“Once upon a time there lived a King who said that he would give his daughter to the person who would make a boat that would sail without wind or water.”
(continued from previous page)and was back again when he met the witch. She at once made up her mind to take the apples from him.She shook some water on him and he at once dropped the "golden apples." She then put a pin in the back of his head. He fell asleep at once and while he slept she took the apples and ran home. But the man who could hear another man's voice at the other end of the world heard him [snoring?] and at once told the man who never missed a shot with an arrow.He fired and knocked the pin out of his head The boy knew what had(continues on next page)
- Collector
- May Killeen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Patrick Jordan
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cartoon, Co. Mayo