School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)
- Location:
- Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0728, Page 275
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- Once there was a princess, and her mother and father died when she was young. She saw a man working on a street, one day. She went over to him and said to him, "leave your job and work for me, and I will give you the best of feeding. The man went with her, and she gave him plenty of money and food. The first day, she told him to go to the nearest forest, to cut down a tree for fireing. He went and he cut down the biggest tree he could find.The third night when he went to sleep, he saw light all around him. He began to scream for help. Another man who lived nearby, hearing his cries, came to his assistance. When the man put his foot inside the door, he could not move another inch. Next day when the man, got up, he complained to the Princess. The Princess said, "if you sleep in this room for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Lyons
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Michael Coffey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
