School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)

Location:
Cross, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
M. Mac Niocail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 326

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  1. Two women once met at a village well. After a long conversation they began to bet as to which of them could play the best trick on her husband. The two of them went home that evening and after a few days planning out Mrs Duffy told her husband to pretend he was dead Next day she told the neighbors that her husband was dead and they at once put him overboard.
    Mrs Coyne heard of the story. She knew very well that was the plan Mrs Duffy made. She at once got a towel and covered it with soot and
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1406: The Merry Wives Wager
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Shaughnessy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Shaughnessy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Houndswood North, Co. Mayo