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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 Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 085

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    off through the wood. The bull told the boy as they were going along that he had to fight another bull that day. He told the boy to get up on a high tree and stay there until the fight would be over. The boy got up on a high tree and remained there until the fight was over. Then the boy got down off the tree.
    The boy and the bull travelled on until the came to a wood and they stopped there for a while.
    Next morning the bull told the boy that he had to fight another bull that he would be able for him. He told him to get up on the highest tree in the wood and if he was killed, when the other bull would be gone away to
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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