School: Curry (C.) (roll number 12067)
- Location:
- Curry, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chaomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0649
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - A king once had a daughter who would not marry any of the princes who offered themselves. She insults and calls them nicknames. Finally her father vows that he will give her to the next man who comes even if it be a beggar. A nearly prince who is in love with her comes in the disguise of a beggar and gets the princess from her father. They go off together. He takes her to live in a stable. She realises that she had been very unwise for not marrying the princes that had sought her hand particularly to the son of the neighbouring king to whom she had behaved very insultingly. She is now married to him(but does not realise him in his beggar garb).She decides(continues on next page)
