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   first advise she gave him was not to take a shortcut and the second not to cut the cake she was giving him in the presence of anyone and the third was not to sleep in a house where an old man is married to a young woman. After having received the three advises he started on his journey. He was not gone far when he met two men on the road. They asked him where he was going and he said he was going to Cork. They said to him to go in this stile and he would take two miles off his journey. He had his foot left on the stile when he thought of the advises. He went along the road for some distance until he came to a quiet place. Then he took out his cake and cut a slice of it and to his great surprise a sovereign rolled out of it. He then travelled along for another long distance and he got hungry again. Then he took out his cake and he cut another slice of it and another sovereign fell out of it. Night coming upon him he went into a house to look for lodging. When he went in there was an old man sitting by the fire. He asked him would he give him lodgings for the night and he

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   AT0910B: The Servant's Good Counsels

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Hubert Gordon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Tynagh, Co. Galway

   Informant

   Tom Gordon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   50

   Address

   Tynagh, Co. Galway