School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 178

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 178

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    when a child would be born. He was able to read out of the stars every thing that child had to go through until it would die. This wealthy man was expecting an increase in his family. He sent for this poor scholar and kept him at his house until the child was born. And on the night a Son was born.
    The poor scholar read out of the stars every thing that Son had to go through until the age of twenty three. Then he was to be destroyed by lightning. All this was kept a secret from the Son until the time was near up.
    This wealthy man began to build a most powerful place
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0934: The Prince and the Storm
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Rogers
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Rogers
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathbaun, Co. Mayo