School: Cúige na Mainseár
- Location:
- Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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“Once upon a time there lived a prince and he was a great gambler.”
(continued from previous page)that king. The boy asked the man how would he go to this mans. The man went into a room and brought out a ball of yarn. He told the boy to throw it before him and walk after it. The boy threw it down and followed it. At last it spopped at a beautiful house the colour of which was yellow. The boy went up and knocked at the door. The gentleman came to the door and got into conversation with the young boy. At last the old man said that he had an uncle who was three hundred years old and if he was not able to tell him about the king no other one would be able to tell him. The prince set out for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Ó Niadhóg
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bunree, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Thomas Newcombe
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bunree, Co. Mayo