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1. The Laughing Knights' Island Folktale (ar lean)

   

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   see or hear whatever it is. ''
   By this time Jack was at the door thumping to get in. Diarmuid went to the door and opened it.
   '' Hello Diarmuid, how are you,
   my dear boy ? ''
   '' I'm very well, '' said he but I don't know any gentleman who knows me. ''
   '' Well '' says Jack I'm a gentleman you ought to know me,
   ' Ashy Pet, Useless ' as you all called me before I left ''
   '' Oh you are some one playing a trick on me. ''
   '' No trick about it I'm your brother Jack, home again. ''
   His mother was from one faint into another, for fear of the leprecaun bringing away Diarmuid.
   Diarmuid, in spite of all the grand costume, began to trace some of the old likeness in Jack, and he threw his arms around Jack,
   '' Oh my dear brother come into the house and see mother. ''
   Mona got to her feet and looked, and looked again and at last she began to see some traces of his boyhood.
   '' Are you really Jack my son. ''
   '' I am introth mother, and do remember the promise that I made to you that I'd fill your hands with gold. Put our hands down into this bag and lift the full of your hands. '' She put her hand into the bag and took the full of it of gold coins, and when she saw the shining gold she sat down on a stool or she would have fainted and fallen with joy.
   Parthalon came in and was surprised to see

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