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School: Grange (roll number 3759)

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Grange, Co. Sligo
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Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0155, Page 215

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    The woman asked her husband would she throw down the door and he said. "Do that as you wish." So she threw down the door.
    When it fell it made a great noise and the robbers thought it was the policemen coming after them, and they ran away, leaving all the gold behind them. Then man and woman came down from the tree. They took all the money home with them and they lived in peace afterwards.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1386: Meat as Food for Cabbage
    AT1541: For the Long Winter
    AT1653: The Robbers under the Tree
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Gilmartin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Grange, Co. Sligo