School: Kilbonane, Lios an Phúca (Beaufort) (roll number 5482)

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   One night two men were sitting by a fire. One of them betted the other a shilling that he would not bring home a skull from the graveyard on a certain night. The man said he would. The other man did not wish to lose the bet, so he hid in the graveyard on the agreed night. The man kept his word and came to the graveyard. He caught up a skull. He was bringing it away but the man in hide said; "Let that there, that's mine." He put back the skull where he found it and caught up another one. The man in hide said again; "Let that there, that's mine." "You could not have two heads, so I'll take this one," said the other man. He put the skull under his arm, ran home with it as fast as he could, and won the bet.

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      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. jokes (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Tomás Ó Murchadha

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymalis, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   James Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymalis, Co. Kerry

2. Scéal Grinn

   

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   A servant man who was employed by a farmer was put working in a sand pit. One morning when he came to work he saw that a pile of sand that

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