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School: An Cheathrú Gharbh

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Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Fiachra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0147, Page 530

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    beggar raised her head slowly and angrily answered. “Princess Marion, do you not know that it is very wicked to mock anyone especially those who are poor and infirm, As a punishment your beautiful golden hair of which you are so vain, will become short and coarse like a monkey’s coat, your eyes will squint, and you will grow a (grow) tail which no clothes will hide, and which can be seen in light or darkness. After a miserable six or seven years the little girl began to come to her former state again.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0480: The Spinning‑Women by the Spring. The Kind and the Unkind Girls.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ellen Ormsby
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowvaneen, Co. Mayo