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School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

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Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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    the blood and spit it out agin and she made out it was her hearts blood. Then the boys father asked the old step mother what would cure her and she told him that nothing would only the heart and liver of the bull.
    The man told her that he would give her anything she would ask for. The boys father sent him down to bring up the bull to kill him. The boy went down roaring and crying and the bull asked him what happened to him.
    The boy told the bull that he went down to bring him up to be killed. The bull told him to get up on his back and take off his right horn and get a wishing cloth and wish for anything he liked, then the boy did it.
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0300: The Dragon‑Slayer
    AT0510: Cinderella and Cap o' Rushes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Hubert Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Tooman, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Paddy Reynolds
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    20
    Address
    Tooman, Co. Leitrim