School: Cor Críochach
- Location:
- Corcreeghagh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Ss. Ó Muireadhaigh
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- (continued from previous page)"Did I not tell you", said he to his wife, "that you were not to interfere in my business? You are to leave the castle to-morrow morning and I am never to see you again".
"Very well", said she, "but you are to give me as much as I can carry three times out of the castle when I am leaving".
"I will, and welcome", said the king.
On the next morning when the coach was waiting at the door the king said to his wife, "Are you ready?"
"I am", replied his wife, and she took hold of a small bag of gold and carried it to the coach.
"That's the first thing I am taking", said she.
They had a young child in the cradle and she went over & carried it out to the coach.
"That's the second thing" said she as she came back. The king was dumbfounded when he saw what she had done.
She then went over to the king & looked at him and said, "You are the third. Get ready".
The king burst out laughing when heard this and said "Well indeed you were ever sensible and clever and it's cleverer you are getting every day. You have full permission to remain in the castle and you can do and say whatever you wish from this day forward".(continues on next page)
