School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)
- Location:
- Cluain an Iúir, Co. Shligigh
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 541
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- Some time ago there lived a King's son named Conn. One day when the ground was covered with snow he went out with a sling aiming at every bird he saw. He hit a raven with a stone and watched her fall to the ground. Then he went to where the bird fell and saw her bleeding. He saw the white snow, the red blood, and black feathers of the raven, and said that whenever he would marry, he would marry a girl with skin as white as the snow, with lips and cheeks as red as the ravens blood, and with hair as black as the ravens feathers. When he(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margret Connolly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maigh Duach, Co. Shligigh
