School: Uachtar Árd (roll number 4786)

Location:
Oughterard, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr M. S. Iognáid
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  1. There once lived a man and at break of day he went out to cut an armful of green grass for his horse. He happened to have the four leaved shamrock in it, and they say if you get the four leaved shamrock you will know what the cocks are saying.
    He did not know he had it as he went along he heard the cocks crowing. One cock said "Mary Lee is dead" "small loss" said the second cock "That she may never rise" said the third cock. When the man came near his house he met a fairy man who said to him "Will you sell me that armful of grass and instead I will give you the price of a stone of oats?"
    When he sold it he could only hear the cocks saying "Cock-a-doodle-doo".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0517: The Boy who Learned Many Things
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Oughterard, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Callaghan
    Gender
    Female