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School: Mainistir Mhuigheó (C.) (roll number 14206)

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Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Fhinn
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    shirt.
    He went into the camp and asked the man was he happy, the man said he was, then he asked him for his shirt, the tinker said that he had no shirt atall, so the rich man laughed for the first time in his life and ever during his life when he thought of the man that was happy without a shirt he would laugh.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0844: The Luck‑bringing Shirt
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Sloyan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    John Sloyan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballyglass, Co. Mayo