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School: Mullach, Sráid na Cathrach (roll number 3928)

Location:
Mullagh, Co. Clare
Teacher:
P. Ó Sandair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0623, Page 440

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    The Gobán Saor had a son and he wanted him to get married. He killed a sheep and gave him the skin to sell it. He told him to ask every girl to buy it and to bring him back the skin and the price of it. Every girl he asked was laughing at him. He met a girl and she said that she would buy it. He gave her the skin and she took off the wool and gave him back the skin and the price of it.
    He went home to his father. The father sent him for the girl and he told him to get married to her.
    The Gobán Saor built all
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Darcy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Clare
    Informant
    John Ahern
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Clare