School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)

Location:
Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 086

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    get down off the tree and to take a stripe from the top of his nose to the tip of his tail, and he would be as strong as himself. The boy got up on the tree and his bull and the other bull started to fight at the wood and the big bull killed the boy's bull and the big bull started to push the tree to knock the boy off it. The boy stayed on the tree until the bull went away. Then he got down and took his knife and cut a stripe from the top of his nose to the tip of his tail and he was as strong as the bull.
    Then he saw a woman
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    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