School: Lough Arrow
- Location:
- Lough Arrow, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Cathal Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0182, Page 173
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- (continued from previous page)Those flowers were supposed to be magic which belonging to the fairies.
To each of her brothers she gave one flower as she was very fond of flowers. Then as she had given them to her brothers they turned into seven ravens and flew about her in the air.
The as she had given them to her brothers they turned into seven ravens and flew about her in the air.
Then the little girl grew very sad and lonely. She returned to go home but on her way home she met a witch and she told the witch the story and witch said never to talk or laugh for seven years.
Then one day while she was at home in the King's home a beautiful youth came up and asked her to marry him.
She made a sign that she would and when they were married her husband was very angry with her.
He told her that he would burn her.
Then on the last day of the seventh year before she was burnt the sons came down as black ravens and as they came to the ground they were changed back into their own shape.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Harte
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Mr Martin Mitchell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo
