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1. Old Songs and Stories (continued)

   “Ná ragad-sa bás go brát ¶ Nár fáighimíd an t-sarghal so”

   

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   To buy for my love a sword of steel
   Is go dtugaidh mo mhúirnín slán
   Siubhal, siubhal, siubhal a ghrádh
   Siubhal go socair agus siubhal go ciúin
   Siubhal go dtí an doras agus éilig liom
   Is go dtugaidh mo mhúirnín slán.

   
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   And now my love is gone to France
   To try his fortune to advance
   If e'er he comes back its but a chance
   Is go dtugaidh mo mhúirnín slán.
   Siubhal, siubhal, siubhal a grádh
   Siubhal go sochair agus siubhal ciúin
   Siubhal go dtí an doras agus éilig liom
   Is go dtugaidh mo mhúirnín slán.

   

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2. The King's Daughter

   

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   There were cats there one time and they used to gather into a barn telling stories every night. There were two living in another place. Their names were "Murcadh Mór" "Murcadh Beag." The king gave a party and the two cats were there. Murcadh Mór did something wrong at the party and the kings daughter beat him. Murcadh Mór spat into her milk and poisoned it. The kings daughter drank it and she got very sick. The king promised that who ever would cure here would get her in marriage. There were doctors from all over the world trying to cure her but they could not succeed. So this night the cats were telling stories and

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   AT0613: The Two Travelers (Truth and Falsehood)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Peg Conway

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Furroor, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Nóra Conway

   Gender

   Female