School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 04_052
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- (continued from previous page)The king however was not pleased with this and he gave the man another hard task. But the old man went away again. On his journey he met the same goat as before. He told the goat his story. The goat said "Sit on my back and we shall go to the castle to night". The man sat up on the goat's back until they reached the castle. When they arrived the Queen was up stairs sewing. The goat began to puck the stairs. The Queen ran down the stairs to see what was all the fuss about, but when she went near the goat to her surprise she stuck to him. She began to shout and the king who was in bed ran down to see what was up. He also got(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Mc Nicholas
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Tawnagh More, Co. Mayo
