School: Árd-achadh (C.) (roll number 14076)

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhadagáin
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 179

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0487, Page 179

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Árd-achadh (C.)
  2. XML Page 179
  3. XML (no title)

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (no title)

    There was once a king who had three sons...

    Bridie Kevin. Nov 29th, 1938
    Main Street,
    Ardagh,
    Co. Limerick.
    There was once a king, who had three sons, and he said to them "My place is not able to contain ye". He gave two of them their road. One chap came to a large building. He knocked at the door and a guard opened it. The chap asked him could he get him a job. The guard said, "Well this is a King's palace, and I think your type is not wanted". He asked the king, and he said he had.
    He was received into the palace, and lunch was given to him. A dog came to the window and he gave him some bread. A bird came to it also, and he did in like manner. A cat came, and he did the same. The king came to him and said. "Your work will be the feeding of my three companions, my dog, cat and bird. "I have done it", replied the king's son. "You have to go fowling every day, but not far from this lives a giant, and anybody who has passed by his residence was beheaded, and whatever way you go, you must return the same way. He went fowling on the following
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Kevin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardagh, Co. Limerick