School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)
- Location:
- Killorglin, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Úna Nic Choluim
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0435, Page 209
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- (continued from previous page)had a lot of horses and magic wands. The servant boy went home that evening and he never told the farmer that he had killed the witch.
Whoever would kill her would marry the kings daughter. Once a month a wild animal used to come in from the sea and all the young girls used to have to go where the wild animal used to write her name, and whatever name would be drawn out that's the girl that the wild animal would eat.
This day it was the King's daughter's name was drawn, the king said whoever would save his daughter could marry her.
The servant boy was standing looking on and he struck the wild animal and killed it.
The king cut a piece of his hair in such a way that she would know him and she kept the piece of hair until the day came that he had to come to the palace so that she would know that he was the boy she was going to marry.
When the day came that he had to go to the palace a terrible crowd went to see them and they were all cutting(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Achaoirinn
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Laharan, Co. Kerry
