School: Cronaghbois (roll number 2658)
- Location:
- Crannogeboy, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Criostóir Ó Beirn
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“Long ago there lived a man who used to go out hunting every day.”
(continued from previous page)lay golden eggs and a purse that would never empty of gold if he would let him go. The man made the bargain and went home with the hen and the purse. He went to the king's daughter who had everybody robbed playing cards. The both played until night and the king's daughter won the money. The next morning the purse again and he went to the king's daughter.
She was wondering where he was getting all the money. She took him into a room and said "If tell me where you are getting the money both of is will get married and we will have lots of money. The man told her and she took the purse. Then she got her soldiers and they kicked him out.
Next day he came with the hen that laid the golden eggs. The both began to play and the king's daughter won the hen and the soldiers kicked him out. The man went to a wood and filled a basket with two kinds of apple. One kind would put horns on a person and the other kind would put(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Andy Maloney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 60
- Occupation
- Vagrant
- Informant
- Patrick Shovlin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ardara, Co. Donegal