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School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)

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Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
T. Ó Tuairisc
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    pull it in seven years more you will have to earn your living."
    So she fed him for seven long years more and at the age of twenty one he was a big man. As soon as he caught hold of the tree he pulled it from the roots. After a short while Paudeen* said to his mother: "It is time for me to go and earn something." So he caught hold of the tree and said to his mother make a walking stick of this tree. Next day he got an axe and knocked the branches off the tree and took it with him as a walking stick . There was about a ton weight in this tree.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0650**: The Strong Youth
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mullaghy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cornfield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Mullaghy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Cornfield, Co. Mayo