School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)
- Location:
- Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 507
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“Once upon a time there were 3 men”
Once upon a time there were 3 men - 2 of them were wise and the third was a fool. They set out one night and walked till they came to a big tree and they climbed up it.
The fool climbed higher than the rest and he saw a light. They said they would go as far as the light and ask lodging for the night. They knocked went in and got lots to eat.
It was a giants house and he put them to bed. They were as much like his own 3 sons that he put 3 bracelets on his own sons for a mark.
The fool got out of bed in the middle of the night: he lifted the giant's 3 sons out of bed and the other 3. Then he took the 3 bracelets off the Giants sons, put one on himself and the other two on his 2 companions.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sean Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lisduff, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Cummins
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Correen, Co. Leitrim