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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 391

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    The other two sisters sent one of the King;s children to be reared with an old man who lived alone in the hills. They reared the other child themselves and they thought they were landed. A short time after this the King(s) went to hunt in the hills. He met this nice little boy on the hills. The little boy addressed him and called him "Daddy". He asked the little boy a lot of questions as to where he was living and who with The little boy invited the King to his house for a party the next
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0707: The Three Golden Sons
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Grace Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tirhoran, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Joseph Doherty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    55
    Address
    Tirhoran, Co. Donegal