School: Caladh (roll number 12119)

Location:
Callow, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan Ó Domhnaill
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    and he gave him a stone and he told him that when the king would show him the place to throw up the stone and the pool would be there and he did so and the pool was there. Then the woman did not know what to do so she told the king that it was very nice now but it would be nicer if there was a hedge so thick that a bird would not be able to go through it and my husband will do that if you threaten death on him and so the king threatened death on him if he would not put a hedge so thick that a bird would not fly through it. The man had no bread this time so he set off and after a while he met the same man and he told him his story this time. Then the little man gave him a rod and told him to draw the rod after him and the hedge would be there and the hedge was there. Then the woman told the king that it would be nicer if there was a canal from the sea up to the door so that he could fasten his boats by the house and the man had to go again and he got another rod for the canal and he made the canal. Then the king wanted a pleibicin a maoil
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    Folktales index
    AT0571: “All Stick Together”
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mannion
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Doohulla, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Mannion
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Doohulla, Co. Galway