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   “There was a gentleman and his servant travelling around the country one time.”

   

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   There was a gentleman and his servant travelling around the country one time. They were going through Bru and they were on their way to Enniscorthy and the gentleman told the servant to go into the first house and ask were they on the right road. The servant went into a small house and he saw a tailor sitting on a table making clothes and a woman sitting at the fire. He asked the tailor was he on the right road for Enniscorthy but the tailor couldn't speak and started to make signs to him. Then the servant asked the old woman did she know were they on the right road for Enniscorthy and she began to make signs at him. The

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

   AT1351: The Silence Wager. [Who will Speak First?]

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Eddie Brady