School: Baile Ard
- Location:
- Ballard, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0627, Page 039
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“There was a man there long ago and he was married. He had one son whose name was Jack. His wife died and he got married again. Now the stepmother did not like Jack.”
(continued from previous page)horn catch it in your hand and pull it" Jack pulled it and immediately a white table-cloth was laid on the grass. All the eatables anybody could as for was laid on the table-cloth, wine, whiskey, tea, bread, meat of every description, and many other things.Jack eat plenty of everything three times a day. One day Jack's stepmother heard what happened each day. So when Jack went out the bull said to him "your wicked stepmother wants to kill me but she wont have the satisfaction of killing me but I will have the satisfaction of killing her. Now this is her plan to get your father to kill me, she shall pretend to be very sick and shall order her maid to kill a hen and give her the blood in a bowl. Then when she shall hear her husband coming up(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Liz Blake
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killard, Co. Clare
- Informant
- Michael Blake
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killard, Co. Clare