School: Kinnegad (B.) (roll number 14362)

Location:
Cionn Átha Gad, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
T. Mac Cárthaigh
Browse
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0729, Page 013

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0729, Page 013

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Kinnegad (B.)
  2. XML Page 013
  3. XML “Story - Fair Lady Green Leaf”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. (continued from previous page)
    and killed him. "Down there is your house you go in and don't let anyone kiss you", said fair lady green leaf. "I won't", he said. He went in with his hand before his mouth. They all were trying to kiss him but he wouldn't let them. Then a little lap-dog jumped up and kissed him. All the thoughts went out of his head. Fair lady green leaf was out side listning. She made a green stone of her horse. She put it on the top of the tree and sat upon it.
    There was a blacksmith living near. His wife went out for a pail of water, and she saw the shadow in the water she said, "If I knew I was that good look I wouldn't have married that old
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Folktales index
    AT0313: The Girl as Helper
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Oliver Quinn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Coleman
    Gender
    Male