School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)

Location:
Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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    that they killed. Next mornings Daniel took his dead mother and brought her to a well that was near the town. Then he put her learning against a stick with a beads in her hand. Then he went to a public house and called for whiskey. When he had it drank he said it was very good and that he would like his mother to drink some of it too. She was at the well praying and that she was middling deaf and you might have to give her a little shove before she would hear you. The man of the public-house said that his daughter would go for her. The daughter went to the well and called to the woman but the woman did not hear her. She gave her a little shove and the woman fell into the
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1535: The Rich and the Poor Peasant
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Leonard
    Gender
    Male