School: Sraithín (roll number 13617)
- Location:
- Sraheen, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088C, Page 13_026
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- There was a queen one time. She had three daughters, it was not known which of them was the nicest or the uglyest, one day a young man came to the house to ask the oldest daughter. The mother refused to give her to him. He was very vexed he said he would get her without her leave. The had a lovely flower garden. The next day the mother looked out, she saw a big bull carting all the flowers, the mother told the oldest daughter to get a stick, and hunt the bull away,, she took a short stick and she struck the Bull the stick fastned to the bull her hand fastned to the stick the bull(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Ní Ciaragáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tonlegee, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Bridie Garvin
- Gender
- Female
