School: Tulach an Iarainn (roll number 1289)

Location:
Tallow, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Dhubhshláinge
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0638, Page 238

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  1. Long ago there lived a Queen who was a cruel stepmother and very hard on her little stepson, Conn. She sent him out every morning to mind the cattle in the fields and gave him one little slice of bread only for the whole day and no supper at night. Indeed she hoped she would die soon so that her three daughters would get all the property of the King, their father. But instead of getting thin and fading away, Conn began to get fat and to grow very big and this made the witch very angry. She sent her youngest daughter out with Conn to watch the cattle, but really to see where he got his dinner.
    Off went Conn and his stepsister, but when the dinner hour came he played a sweet tune on his whistle and lulled the little girl asleep. After a couple of hours she woke up, but during the rest of the day she saw nothing out of the common and so had nothing to tell her mother when she went home.
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    Folktales index
    AT0511: One‑Eye, Two‑Eyes, Three‑Eyes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tallow, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mr W Allen
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Tallow, Co. Waterford