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School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin

Location:
Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0915, Page 132

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  1. An Old Story

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    There was once a king, who had five sons and one daughter. When the daughter was born they gathered in eleven people. They had ten silver plates and they gave them to ten of the people. The one that did not get a plate put a curse on the child. The child never had luck after and she was the cause of a lot of mischief.
    The child's parents went to someone who told them that they would have to get a tower built and put her into it, and no one was to go near her but her mother and father.
    When she was put into the tower she was very angry and her brothers were very angry.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brusselstown, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Thomas Flynn
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Brusselstown, Co. Wicklow