School: Killyon (roll number 7120)

Location:
Killyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brighid, Bean Uí Fithceallaigh
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    Once upon a time there lived an old innocent man in the locality.

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    pounds and said he would never give him another test.
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    Once upon a time there was an old man going to a fair.

    Once upon a time there was an old man going to a fair. By the time he got to the fair he was very tired and he said to himself "I am not going to trudge home along the road. I shall buy a donkey to carry me". So he bought the donkey and was coming home when he met robbers, he had a little money about him and he did not know where to hide it. Suddenly he thought of a place. He got down from the donkey and hid in the
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    Folktales index
    AT1535: The Rich and the Poor Peasant
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Teresa Coyne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlig, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Brennan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Craddanstown, Co. Westmeath