School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 097
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- (continued from previous page)and get him to make one". Away she went, and when she came back with it Connor took it by both ends and left the middle upon his knee and he broke it. "Here " he said "Go back and tell him this one is no good". Tell him to make another one and to put 1lb to every oz. of steel that's in this one". Away she went and got him to do so. Home she came with it and got it very hard to carry it. Connor took it as before left it against his knee and bent it. " This one is all right", he said, "We will start tomorrow".
Next morning very early the both arose. "Where shall we go" said the mother. "To the king's palace" answered Connor. "I killed my two sheep in honour of him and his wife, and its the least he may do something for me now". So he put his mother into the cliabh, put the cliabh on his back and set off for the king's palace.
The king had a grand advise/or and he told the king that there was a very dangerous man coming to the palace, and to be very nice to him. "Kill him(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael O' Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornamucklagh, Co. Galway
- Collector
- Peter Keane
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonruff, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John O' Hara
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cornamucklagh, Co. Galway
