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   at the town. "My father and mother live there and they have a hotel and a house too. I am their only daughter." So that arrived, found her place, asked to see her father and mother. The maid came to the door and said : "You cannot be their daughter because she is dead." The mother came out. The girl said : "I am your daughter." Her mother fainted. After a while she got all right. The man's son and his wife lived together.

   

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   One time there was a boy. He would not go to school. His mother told the priest. The priest came and asked where was the boy. She said he was out herding goats. The priest went out to the boy. He asked the boy to bless himself. The boy said: "What do you mean, sir?" "Do you see that goat" the priest said. "I do." "That is the Our Father : that other one is the Hail Mary. Will you remember that the next time I come back?" asked the priest. The boy said: "I will." One day the priest was going by the lane. he said: "Hi! priest, do you remember the day you told me that

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   Topics

   1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
         1. scéalta grinn (~6,086)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Murphy

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin

   Informant

   John Murphy

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   54

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Táite an tSléibhe, Co. Mhuineacháin