School: Cluain Leamhac (Cloonloo) (roll number 12767)

Location:: Cloonloogh, Co. Sligo
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Once there lived a widow woman in Scotland and she had twelve sons one day she was walking along the sea shore and she saw a duck and twelve young ones coming in to the shore. The mother duck kept beating one of them away the little duck kept coming in at last the woman got tired watching them and went home to her castle. Later she went to a grand adviser. The grand adviser was an old witch who could foretell and explain unusual happenings. The widow told her of the story of the ducks the witch said she would have to part with one of her sons the widow said she loved one as much as the other. She asked the witch how would she do it. The witch said to the widow to bring out her twelve sons on the lawn in front of her castle and to get a handkerchief and when she dropped it to the ground the sons were to run to an iron gate and the first one back to her again would get a present of an ivory penknife. The sons were arguing among themselves as to who would be first through the iron gate. The. sons were arguing among. The eldest son said he would walk slowly behind the others and take his time. The appointed hour came for the race, and the widow dropped her handkerchief and
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English

Collector
Maura Crummy
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Female

Informant
John Duffy
Gender

Male

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