School: Corr Odhar (roll number 14701)

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1. Blowing the Hills into the Hollows (continued)

   

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   adviser to see what would he put themdoing the next day. There are barles of whiskey in the celler which want to be drank and if they do not have it drank before morning their heads will be cut off.
   The man who was listening to the grass growing told the other that they were done because not drink all the whiskey. They were drinking all the night and they were singing and dancing all the night till they had enough drank and the man who was drinking the water told them to teem all the barrels of whiskey into him and he drank them all.
   They went down in the morning to see were they all dead and they were all singing and dancing He went up to the king and told him he had his daughter won and he told him he had another job for him to marrow. The king went to the grand adviser to see what would he put them doing the next day.

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   AT0513A: Six Go through the Whole World

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Melody

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corrower, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Tom Melody

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   57

   Address

   Corrower, Co. Mayo