School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)
- Location:
- Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Mac Cárthaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0729, Page 003
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- There was once a Princess who used to come in the form of a dove and swim in a pond. One day a kings son heard about it, so he said he would catch her and not let her go until she would bring him to her fathers house.
The kings son did as he was told. He went to a clump of briars and hid on them till old Graharas daughter came. She turned into a pigon and began to flutter about in the pond. Then she would pick herself and became a lady again. So the boy caught her and would not let her go.
"Let me go", she said. "Not until(continues on next page)
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- Oliver Quinn
- Gender
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- Informant
- Michael Coleman
- Gender
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