School: Leitir Mhór (roll number 15944)

Location:
Lettermore, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Ní Bhaoghaill
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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 only gave him one slice of bread for the whole day and no supper at all at night. She hoped he would die, so that her daughters would get all the property of the King, their father. Every day Conn would come home he looked as if he had eaten twelve slices of bread instead of one. One day the Queen sent her eldest daughter with Conn to see where he got his dinner. Now this girl had five eyes, two like everybody else, two in her forehead and one, a piercer, in the back of her head. Conn played a sweet tune on his whistle and lulled the little girl to sleep. All the eyes shut except the
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    Folktales index
    AT0511: One‑Eye, Two‑Eyes, Three‑Eyes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Mc Loone
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lettermore, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Mc Loone
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Lettermore, Co. Donegal