School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

Location:
Kinnegad, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
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    breakfast. The big dog ate it as usual. They went to bed and changed early before old Grahara got up. The next thing he had to do was to climb for two young eagles at the top of a tree. There was no steps on this tree. Fair lady green leaf came breakfast.
    "If you want to climb that tree you must kill me", she said. "I will do anything but that", said the king's son. "Here is a bottle and a feather, when you kill me you must take all my bones and make a ladder but be sure and walk on every rung and when you get them you rub me me with the bottle". He got the eagle's and didn't walk on the last rung.
    The last rung was her little finger. When he rubed her
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    Folktales index
    AT0313: The Girl as Helper
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Oliver Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Coleman
    Gender
    Male