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School: Lenamore, Rathowen (roll number 5115)

Location:
Lenamore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Brian Mac Tomas
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  1. A Story of the Four Fools

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    About 95 years ago, there lived an old woman and her son Ted, in Killeen. They were always fighting. Everything he was told to do, he would do it wrong. She sent him for a bag of turf, and he brought home a bag of stones. His mother
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1210: The Cow is Taken to the Roof to Graze
    AT1245: Sunlight Carried in a Bag into the Windowless House
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Sleehaun (Sankey), Co. Longford
    Informant
    Tom Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    95
    Address
    Sleehaun (Sankey), Co. Longford