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School: Leitre (roll number 16164)

Location:
Lettera, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Reachtaire
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    which they could not do at all. They began to cry because they knew that they would be killed when the witch would come home. At last a mouse ran into the house and asked them why they were crying. They told the mouse their story and he told them to take the crumbs off the table and put it into a handkerchief. He told them when they would hear the witch coming to leave a few crumbs on the ground. They took the crumbs and set out not knowing where the went. When they heard the witch coming they left crumbs on the ground and a big forest grew up before the witch and it took her a long time to get through the forest. The children were gone a long way when the witch was coming up to them again. They left crumbs on the ground and a big lake sprang up before her. It took her a long time to go around the late so the children were gone a long way. When they heard the witch coming again
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0327: The Children and the Ogre
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Glynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lettera, Co. Galway
    Informant
    James Glynn
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male