School: Sraithín (roll number 12808)

Location:: Sraheen, Co. Mayo
Teacher:: Pádhraic Ó Croidhean

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They found the man and they made a better supper out of him.

Told by:- Martin C Clark
Slievebrack,
Foxford.

Age:- 50 years.
Occupation:- Farmer.
Where born:- Slievebrack
Where he spent his life:- At home.
Collected by: Annie Brogan, Stonehall, Foxford.

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“Once upon a time there lived in a forge a blacksmith and his wife and mother.”

Once upon a time there lived in a forge a blacksmith and his wife and mother. One day a fairy came along and asked the forge from the blacksmith for a few hours to put a shoe on his horse. The blacksmith agreed. The fairy began to shoe the horse by cutting the leg off the horse. When he had the shoe on the leg he put the leg on again. The fairy went away. After the fairy was gone the blacksmith went out to his field to where his horse was grazing. He cut the leg off his horse and brought it to his forge. When he had the shoe on he brought the leg back again. He

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