School: Corra Cluana (roll number 14054)

Location:
Corracloona, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Caomháin
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    casks of wine and said "Taht is only a good dinner for me." When that was done they went to the queen and told her that all was finished. The queen had to give her daughter to the prince but she said to the girl "shame on you to go and marry such an ugly fellow as that" They girl said "you must get three hundred bundles of rags and put them in a pile and burn them. When you have the rags lit you must get someone to lie in them for three days. They prince asked the man that was shivering to lie on the rags for three days. They put the rags burning and the shivering man lay down on them. After three days the other six went to the fire and told him to get up. He got up and said "I never got such a perishing in my life" The prince went to the girl and said, "we have all that you told us to do , done" The princess had them to marry him. When they got married they went to his house. The prince said "you must get rid of these clothes because you are not a princes wife but a swineherd's wife and you must stop here and help us work" the girl got sick went to bed and died.
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  2. A long time ago there lived a man and his wife who had no children. They thought that if they had one they would be quite content. "Yes" said the wife "if it was only as big as your thumb" It happened that there was a boy born to them and he never grew bigger than he was when
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    Folktales index
    AT0041: The Wolf Overeats in the Cellar
    AT0700: Tom Thumb
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullintloy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    James Dolan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Tullintloy, Co. Leitrim