School: Killyon (roll number 7120)
- Location:
- Killyon, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Fithceallaigh
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“Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a king who lived in Ireland...”
Written by Lillie Coyne,
Ballinlig,
Hill of Down,
Co. Meath.Told by Peter Keenan,
Inan,
Hill of Down,
Co. Meath.Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a King who lived in Ireland and he had but one daughter and which he promised her in marriage to the person that would make the King tell him that he was a liar. A great lot of men came but none of them succeeded. This man came and he told the King that he caught a fox and he beat him until he beat three blind Kings out of him and you were one of them. The King was raging and he said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lillie Coyne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinlig, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Peter Keenan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Inan, Co. Meath