School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)

Location:
Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Congamhna
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    There was once a king long ago and he had three sons.

    There was once a king long ago, and he had three sons. They were three schoolboys.
    and every evening after school they would go out in the lawn, playing cricket. One evening the eldest son, after playing, lay on the grass. He said to the other two brothers that he was going to be a happy boy, when he was to have his father's property. The second evening after school, they went out playing cricket again. He lay on the grass again, and repeated the same thing to the other brothers. The third evening after school they did the same thing. The two younger brothers got angry with him and they came back to their father for tea. They asked him was it right that he was going to give the
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    Folktales index
    AT0653: The Four Skillful Brothers
    AT0654: The Three Brothers
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Agnes Timlin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Timlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corraveggaun West, Co. Mayo