School: Ring, Dalahasey (roll number 9111)

Location:
Ring Commons, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
M. Ní Reachtaire
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  1. Children love to gather round the fire on winter nights and listen to old stories from the old people. And what wonderful stories these are. Stories of giants of ghosts of magic mirror's of enchanted animals of Dungeons and of warriors.
    Here is an old story I heard from my father. On time there was a king who had an apple tree. And on the tree were three golden apples. When the apples were ripe an golden bird came one night and took one of the apples. The king became very angry. He ordered the gardener to keep watch. The gardener set his eldest son to watch. And at midnight the golden bird came and took the second golden apple. The man shot and and shot a
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    Folktales index
    AT0550: Search for the Golden Bird
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Janey Tolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    Over 13
    Address
    Balbriggan, Co. Dublin