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1. Mocley the Fool (continued)

   

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   mansion before, an' it was ten times a better an' as grander mansion than her father's palace. So Mocley an' the princess got married an they lived happily for a long time.
   After sometime the princess said she would like to see her father again, so they invited him an' all the nobles, to a gran' feast at Mocley's mansion. That night they were drinking wine out of gold cups, an' when the attendants were washing them up they found out that wan o' them wo missing, so they told Mocley. Mocley said to himself "I wish be the bert o' me little trout that I'll find that cup in the kings pocket. Mocley then told all the guests that the cup was stolen and that he was sorry he would have to search everybody there. So he started to search an' he searched

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   History Edit

   Date

   1935

   Item type

   Lore

   Folktales index

   AT0675: The Lazy Boy

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

   Informant

   • William Doyle