School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)
- Location:
- Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 04_010
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“There lived in Dublin long ago a Princess, and when she died her people put her into the coffin with all her jewels and dresses.”
There lived in Dublin long ago a Princess, and when she died her people put her into the coffin with all her jewels and dresses. It happened that there was a young man in the house who saw all that was put in the coffin. When she was a few days buried, he told one of his companions about it. So both of them went to the grave, opened the coffin and took away the jewels There still remained one ring which was on the Princess' finger.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Moran
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Mannin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Mweeloon, Co. Galway