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School: Srón (roll number 9090)

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An tSrón Bheag, Co. Chiarraí
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0452, Page 075

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    There was once a woman and she had twins. They were not able to talk or to walk. When they were two years old their mother went on a journey and left no one inside minding the children but a tailor. The tailor was sewing up on the table and he did not know a bit until he heard the music. So he looked around and he saw one of them danceing and the other whistling. They were dancing away until they heard their mother coming in so they went into their cradles and were by the way sleeping. When they were dancing one of them said dont you think but the tailor is putting from him now. The tailor told his story to their mother when she came in and she told it to the priest. The priest said that it was a fairy who took the woman's own children and put the fairie's children there and he told her to drown them in no the nearest river. She did so and when she came home there were two fine healthy children in the cradles.
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    Folktales index
    AT0750A: The Wishes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig Mac Carrthaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Lios na gCeann, Co. Chiarraí
    Informant
    Eibhlín Bean Uí Croinín
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Address
    Moulagow, Co. Chiarraí