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School: Naomh Muire, Droichead Átha (roll number 8052)

Location:
Droichead Átha, Co. Lú
Teacher:
Sr. M. Bernard Mc Cabe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 298

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    rose or a diamond. When the girl got home her mother was delighted and sent her ugly daughter to the fountain to try her luck.
    Then the girl reached the fountain the same woman was there, but when the woman asked her for a drink she refused, "You are not very obliging" said the woman "I will bestaw on you a gift that when ever you speak a viper or a toad shall come out of your mouth.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0480: The Spinning‑Women by the Spring. The Kind and the Unkind Girls.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sráid San Séamas, Co. Lú
    Informant
    Doreen Godfrey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cearnóg Thulach an Mhuilinn, Co. Lú