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School: Christ Church, Castlebar (roll number 14358)

Location:
Castlebar, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A. C. Ní Mhaitiú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0154, Page 194

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    A Funny Story
    One day there were a man and his wife in the house. His wife was in bed and a fox came into the house. The man ran to the door not to let the fox out so the fox could not escape. The fox thought of a plan. The bed was in the kitchen and the fox went over to the bed and caught the blanket with his teeth and dragged it into the fire so the man had to run to quinch the blanket. Then the fox ran out behind his back and escaped.
    Collected by Eva Carson
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0067**: Fox Caught by Butcher
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eva Carson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloontybaunan, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Tom Callaghan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Keeloges New, Co. Mayo