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School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)

Location:
Drumbologe, Co. Dhún na nGall
Teacher:
Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 208

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    “One time a little boy was threshing corn. It all blew over to a little height in the hill.”

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    went and he met the first regiment and he killed them all.
    He met the second and killed them all. He met the third and killed them and he met the fourth and killed them. Then he had to fight a battle with the king and he put the little stick down and he said come round the rope and the bata buidhe and the king said I will give you all "I will give you all I have if you let me out".
    He set the king free and married the king's daughter. Then he went and got his mother and took her to the king's house and he and his wife and mother lived very happily.
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    “There was a house one time and there were a lot of young people in. There were also two very old women living there.”

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Craig
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Stacarnach, Co. Dhún na nGall
    Informant
    William O' Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    26
    Address
    Cabra Glebe, Co. Dhún na nGall