School: An Cheathrú Gharbh

Location:: Carrowgarve, Co. Mayo
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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.
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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

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