School: Carn (roll number 12537)

Location:
Knocknashammer, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Miadhaigh
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    tool. She brought him up to where the box was and she opened it and showed him the tool and told him to stoop down and take it out of the box.
    And the very minute he did so she caught him by the two legs and threw him into the box and locked it. She wrote to England then and said she wouldn't let over the chieftains son if her husband wasn't let home to Ireland.
    Her husband let home and she let the chieftains son go home too. "And put down the kettle and make the tea and if they didnt live happy that we may."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mona Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cuilmore, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Thomas Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Cuilmore, Co. Sligo