School: Trí Trian (Three Trees) (roll number 2680)

Location:
Three Trees, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Caitlín A. Scott
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1113, Page 406

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  1. Once upon a time there there lived a man a lone.
    At last he thought he would marry.
    He went and asked a neighbouring woman if she would marry him. She said she would not marry him except he could make a ship sail on dry land.
    Then he went away mourning saying to himself "What am I to do. That could not be so. He walked on till he met a man who's name was Sharp Shins' he asked him what was
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    Folktales index
    AT0513: The Extraordinary Companions
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sandie Allen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Three Trees, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Brown
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aught, Co. Donegal