School: Lúbán Díge (Bodyke)

Location:
Bodyke, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Chadhla
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  1. Once upon a time there were seven brothers whose mother died and the father married again. The step mother hated them and did not want them in the house. But the father loved them and would not let them go.
    A baby girl was born and when she grew up, her mother saw that her husband loved the seven (brothers) sons better than his own daughter.
    So she told him unless he put away the sons, she would not stay.
    The father told them what the step mother said and they agreed it was better to leave and seek their fortune away.
    They travelled till they came to a wood - here they built a house and lived there.
    They spent their time hunting. One of them stayed in turn to keep down the fire.
    There lived a king in a castle a mile away who if he knew they lived in the wood would kill them.
    All the brothers except the youngest hated their step sister.
    One day she came to the house in the wood in search of them and the youngest was at home.
    She hear the others coming. He told her to hide or his brothers would kill her. She hid behind the door and they came in.
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