School: Dooroc, Drumlish (roll number 13438)

On this page

1. (no title) (continued)

   “Once upon a time there were two children, a boy and a girl.”

   

   Share Share Post

   (continued from previous page)

   out. With that the little girl got behind her and flung her in to the pot and put on the lid and let her boil.
   The boy and the girl lived happy after that in the big sugar house.

   There was a little boy who lived with his mother. They were very poor. They had only one cow.
   The mother told the boy to get his neighbours ass and cart to go to the fair with the cow.
   The boy got ready and started of. When he was near the town he met a man with a lot of beans. He asked the boy would he sell the cow for all the beans he had. The boy agreed. The man filled his hat and pockets with them.
   When he came home his mother was very angry for what he done.
   She beat him badly and put him to bed. She threw the beans out on the back door. Next morning she looked out and she saw a huge tree of beans outside.
   She called the boy and he climbed it up. He saw a green field overhead and he ran across it to a small house and there

   (continues on next page)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

   History Edit

   Folktales index

   AT0327: The Children and the Ogre

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Byrne

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   14

   Address

   Doire Chaoláin, Co. an Longfoirt

   Informant

   Mrs Patrick Molloy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   72

   Occupation

   Farmer's wife

   Address

   Doire Chaoláin, Co. an Longfoirt