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School: Ballystrang (roll number 15364)

Location:
Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Cuinn
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    a gentleman from this place was out hunting and he had his servant boy with him to carry the animals which he would capture. He had arranged with the house maid to have a goose roasted for him when he would come in at night. The servant-boy was in the house before the master so he saw the goose on the table and feeling a bit hungary he pulled the leg of the goose and ate it. The master came in and he noticed that there was only one leg on the goose so he asked the servant boy what happened it. The
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0921: The King and the Peasant's Son
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Bonner
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballystrang, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neil Browne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballystrang, Co. Donegal