School: Caladh (roll number 12119)

Location:
Callow, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan Ó Domhnaill
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  1. There was once a poor woman living in a small house beside a river. She used to be spinning every day and one evening a small man came in. He said to her that he would spin the wool for her [but?] that she must have his name when he would come back with it. She refused to give it to him until he would tell her his name. He said he was sitting on his first name and that his second name was about his neck. She gave it to him and about sun-set the next evening he had the thread spun for her. Then he asked her his name and she said Cathaoir Ó Cábhair.
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    Folktales index
    AT0500: The Name of the Helper
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Festy Gould
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Emlaghmore, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Gould
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Emlaghmore, Co. Galway