School: Leithead (roll number 5480)

Location:
Lehid, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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  1. Long ago there was a widow who had one only son. There was a King in the place who had one daughter and her father said that she would not marry anyone only the person that her father would say to "you are telling lies." Everyone was coming to her palace but anyone would not get the girl. One day the widow's son said he would go to the Kings house and that he would be the man that would marry the girl. He went to the Kings house and he was talking to the girls father.
    The King asked the boy to come and see the fine garden of cabbage he had. The boys
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0852: The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, “That is a Lie.”
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila F. O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Peter Healy
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tragalee, Co. Kerry