School: Corr an Droma

Location:
Corrandrum, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Breandán Ó Míodhcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0024, Page 0407

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    from the fair, they saw a dead man on the road side. They stood looking at him and a guard came along and asked them who killed that man. They answered him. "We three Connemara men." He asked them for what and they answered "For money." The guard said he would summon them. They said to him. "If you don't another will. So he summoned them and they did not kill him at all.
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  2. There was a King one time in the country, and he lived in the far East. He was very fond of travelling alone. One day as he was going along the road he met a man beating his horse with a heavy stick. The King asked the man why he beat his horse so cruely. The man answered him and
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Máire Ní Chuinneagáin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    21
    Occupation
    Domestic worker
    Address
    Kilgill, Co. Galway