School: Síolach (roll number 12266)
- Location:
- Sheelagh, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ó Gnímh
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“Once upon a time there was an old man and his son living in a small house.”
(continued from previous page)few years the man got lonely and he went away to look for his son. he travelled on until he came to an old man who got all his knowledge from the birds. When he went into the old man's tower he asked him was there any word from the "King of the Golden Mountain. The old man told him to wait a while and he would tell him. The old man went up to the top of the spire and he called all the birds. When the birds came he asked them was there any word from the "King of the Golden Mountain" and they said "no". He asked the eagle about him and the eagle said that his daughter was getting married. "Very well" said the old man strap this man to your back and take him to the King of the Golden Mountain's Castle. The eagle done as he was told and when he got tired of the man on his back he dropped him in a field beside the castle. In a short time the man saw his son coming down the field and he went over to talk to him. The man told his son that he wanted him home. "Very well" said his son when you go up to the castle ask for your son and he will(continues on next page)