
An Old Story
- Language
- English
- Collector
- Martin Walsh
- Informant
- Patrick Walsh
- Age
- 77
The youth sells pseudo‑magic objects and animals. The wolf is sold as a goat. The rabbit as letter carrier; the hat that “pays everything”; the wand that revives the dead. The teaching of languages or the self‑cooking pot. The gold‑dropping horse. The youth has himself buried alive and stabs his enemy from out of the ground with a knife. [Under this type has been included the tale of a person who sells the same animal to three different buyers in succession.]
“Bhí bean ann uair amháin agus bhí mac amháin aici.”
“Bhí beirt fhear ann aon uair amháin agus bhí siad an-mhór lena chéile.”
“There were three brothers one time. Their names were - Hidilty, Didilty, and Domakinary.”
“Bhí sin ann agus is fadó bhí bacach ag siubhal fríd an tír seo dar b'ainm Jimmy Hogie.”
“Bhí fear ann aon uair amháin darbh ainm do Séamus Bán agus lá amháin chuaidh sé isteach i siopa a raibh biotailte 'a dhíol ann.”
“Bhí fear ann uair amháin agus bhí feilm mhór talmhan aige, agus rinne sé teach don fear a chuir sé isteach...”