School: Robertstown, Naas (roll number 15655)
- Location:
- Robertstown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Harachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 215
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- Once upon a time there lived a girl, with her step-mother and step-sister. The girl was very nice in manner and appearance, and the step-sister was very ugly. The step-mother was very unkind to the nice girl. One day she went for a bucket of water and when she was coming home a beautiful lady appeared to her and asked her for a drink of water. The girl said she would give her all she wanted. The lady drank some of the water and when she had it drunk she said as a reward for your kindness every word you will speak a jewel shall drop out of your mouth. When the girl went home she told her step-mother and step-sister what had happened and the step-sister said she(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
