School: Tattenclave
- Location:
- Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ní Chróinín
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- (continued from previous page)all the straw in the barn disappeared with him. The next morning when he went out the barn was also down.
- There was a widow one time and she had one son adn they were very poor. There was a ri ch man living beside them and he had a nice daughter. The widow told the son to go and look about the girl and try to get her in marriage. He went to the rich man and he asked him for his daughter. He said that he would get her if he could get him three things: One hundred pounds, a pair of top boots, and a sheet from under a man and a woman.He went home and told his mother and the next morning she gave him an oaten cake and sent him out into the world to look about the three things.
He journeyed on to dark and he came to a little river. He jumped across and he saw a young man lying dead on the grass. He has a new suit of clothes and a pair of top boots on him, and a gold(continues on next page)
