School: Teamhrán (C.) (roll number 14834)

Location:
Tavraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Mhic Conmara
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    to put a shoe on the donkey and he said he could not as he had no nails nor iron. She said to him "if you put a shoe on the donkey you can have three wishes" he had an iron hammer and he made nails and a shoe out of it he put the shoe on the donkey and the woman said. "Now you can have your three wishes." In the first wish he wished to have plenty money he had a box in his hand and he wished that anything that entered the box could not leave it without his permission. In the second wish he wished that anyone that sat on his chair could not leave it
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    Folktales index
    AT0330A: The Smith and the Devil (Death)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Marie Dunleavy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tavraun, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Edward Duffy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    33
    Address
    Glentavraun, Co. Mayo