School: Gaddyduff (B.) (roll number 16642)

Location:
Gaddyduff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
P. H. Kavanagh
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    for him to bring him with him too that he might be very useful. So the King's son brought him with him. Then they went on to a big wood and the little man said that he thought all their company was gathered now. So he told them to gather up a whole lot of sticks and he would make a boat out of them.
    When he had the boat made he told them all to take their places. He had a little magic stick and he touched the boat with it and it went away up in the air and all the men in it, and it did not stop until it was in the Eastern. When the King saw them coming
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    Folktales index
    AT0505: Dead Man as Helper
    AT0513: The Extraordinary Companions
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joey Mc Cauley
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Rose D. Duffy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    19