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School: St Boden's, Culdaff

Location:
Culdaff, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Doiminic Ó Duibhne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1123, Page 200

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  1. Fairy Horse Mystery (continued)

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    a mysterious manner, so did he go.
    One morning some ten years afterwards when the master went to the stable he found that
    the horse was gone, and had left no trace behind him.
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  2. Girl Dumb by Thorn

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    Once upon a time in this parish a young girl was herding cows and she "set" on a gentle rock, and in the evening she took home the cows and she could not speak. So her father went down to the rock with a sledge and he said what did "yous" do on the girl? if you don't tell me what you "done" on the girl I will burn "yous" out." And a voice said, "lift up her tongue
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    Folktales index
    AT0990*: A Merchant's Son Finds the Princess Wounded in a Coffin
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hugh Mc Colgan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Green
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Culdaff, Co. Donegal