School: Árd Raithín (roll number 6260)

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1. The Dissatisfied Wife (continued)

   

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   and told the whole story to his wife. She said to him, "oh what a fool you were, why didn't you ask him for a new house". He said it is not too late yet. He footed to the shore again. When he came to the shore he said the rhyme the fish had told him
   Oh man of the sea
   Come listen to me,
   For Alice my wife,
   The plague of my life
   Send me to beg
   A boon of thee.

   The fish jumped up and said what do you want now. My wife wants a new house said he. "Go home your request is granted". When he came home he was delighted to see his wife living in a new house but yet she was not satisfied. She sent him back to beg a mansion. He went and said the rhyme as before. The fish came up and said "what do you want now". My wife wants a

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   AT0555: The Fisher and his Wife

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Mathúna

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Tullira, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Thomas Deely

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Lissatunny, Co. Galway