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

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1. The King of the Reeks (continued)

   

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   brought him three of the loveliest women that the sun and moon never shone on, but he took none of them. He then brought him three of the ugliest women that the sun and moon never shone on. He took one of them and she was enchanted. She told the king not to play again with the man, because he would surely lose. He came on the second day, and they played again the same rubber, and the king won again. He asked for his wish this time, and he wished to get back his father's place Glenmore. He told him as soon as he got up the next morning to look again and he would see his father's place as brilliant as ever. The man came again the third day, and his wife told him not to play, as he would surely lose. So he played again, and he lost. He asked him his wish, and he said, "The sword of lightning from the eastern part of the world. That the sun and moon never shone on, and he only gave him a

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nellie Fitzgerald

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballynacally, Co. Limerick

   Informant

   Patrick Dwyer

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballyrobin, Co. Limerick