School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)
- Location:
- Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 434
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- (continued from previous page)stroke of twelve they were all changed into the form of swans and they flew out through the window of the castle. The girl's mother died at the birth of her daughter and the king immediately married another woman. The step-mother was jealous of the love which the king bore for her daughter and resolved to put an end to it. So one night when the girl was asleep she smeared her face with the juice of blackberries so that she girl was not known by anyone in the palace and was turned forth to seek her living. She wandered through the woods and towards evening she spied a hut by the side of a lake and quickly made her way to it. She lay down and feel asleep in the shade of the hut. When she awoke the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Dowd
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Mc Loughlin
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmanagh, Co. Galway
