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The mother teaches the boy (the man his wife) what he should say (do) in this or that circumstance. He uses the words in the most impossible cases and is always punished. [We had included here versions of Type 915 A, before that number had been assigned to the tale of «the highest penny at the fair».]

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  6. Limerick (5)
  7. Mayo (5)
  8. Roscommon (4)
  9. Sligo (3)
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  6. Scéal

    “Bhí sean bean ina chomhnuidhe, aon uair amhain, agus ní rabh aici, ach mac amháin, agus ní rabh an mac seo cliste ar chorr ar bith, agus bhí na daoine ag magadh air.”

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    Irish