School: Cóguis (roll number 16135)

Location:
An Chógais, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Seaghain
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    lánamhain go dtí go gceólfadh an chuach.
    ‘Sé an mhargadh a rinne an fhear leis an ghasúr no dá dtigeadh fearg ar an ghasúr ní bhfuigheadh sé aon [pháighe]? agus da dtigeadh fearg ar féin chaithfeadh sé [páige]? Iomlán a thabhairt dó’n ghasúr.
    Bhí an gasúr i dtolamh ag iarraidh fearg a chur ar an fhear. Bhí fhiar ag an fhear, -seo agus, lá amháin, d’iarr sé ar an ghasúr an t-eallach a chur trasna na h-abhna agus gan a gcosa a fhliuchadh.
    Thiomain an gasúr leis iad go dtí an abhainn, gearr sé na cosa daobhtha annsin agus chaith trasna na h-abhna iad. Tháinig sé aníos abhaile annsin agus d’fiafruigh do’n fhear an rabh fearg air. Dubhairt an fhear nach rabh.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1000: Bargain Not to Become Angry
    AT1007: Other Means of Killing or Maiming Live Stock
    AT1029: The Woman as Cuckoo in the Tree
    Language
    Irish
    Collector
    Pádraig Mac Seághain
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Seámus Ua Fiograidh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Caiseal Charna, Co. Donegal