School: Denbawn
- Location:
- Dennbane, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Cionnaigh
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- There was once a man who was earning a living by pretending that he could tell fortunes. He deceived many people in this way, so in the end the chief of that country was informed about him. The chief was very angry and sent for the man at once. He told the man that if he would not answer three questions he would put him the following day, he would put him to death. The questions were as follows, (1) How many stars in the sky? (2) What weight is the moon and (3) of what am I thinking? The man got a few days to find the answers and as he could not do this he sought the advice of his priest. On the following day the priest dressed up in the man's clothes and went to the chief. The chief put him the first question, how many stars in the sky? The man(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mamie Corcoran
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Thomas Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Newtown, Co. Cavan
