School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)
- Location:
- Brierfield, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0083, Page 177
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- 31 October 1938A StoryA man and his wife were going to America to sell land which they had. They said to each other that it was hardly worth their time to bring their children with them. So they left them to the man's brother. Then the brother said to them that they could go out in the wood to pick flowers in the wood. He led them into the wood. They were delighted and went all over the wood to pick flowers. At last they got hungry and tried to come out, but they had their path lost and could not come out. When night came they left the flowers there and sat down by a tree. The robins came and three leaves over them and they fell asleep and never wakened until their parents wakened them. It is said that a robin told the parents that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lil Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs M. Connolly
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
