School: Corra-bheagáin (roll number 12206)

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   “Once upon a time there lived an old piper who had no sense.”

   

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   he left the piper sitting in the same place he brought him from. Then he told the piper to go home and that he had two things with him his sense and his music. The piper went away and when he reached his mother's house he knocked at the door and he told his mother to let him in, that he was the richest man in the worlds. His mother was afraid to let him in at first, because she thought he was drunk and that he might kill her, but in the end she let him in. He sat down by the fire-side, and put his hand into his pocket and gave her the gold, and told her to listen to the beautiful music he could play. He took

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
   2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Lynch

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Patrick Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortaskibbole, Co. Mayo