School: Fleasgach (roll number 15842)

Location:
Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Ss. Ó Maonaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 349

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 349

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  1. One day the Gobán Saor sent his son to the market to buy a sheepskin. He told him to bring back the money and the skin. He asked a girl he met on his way what he would do. She told him to buy a sheep and sell the flesh. When he went home his father asked him who told him what to do. He said it was a girl he met on his way. His father then told him to find the girl and that he would have to marry
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    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peg Dowd
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Flaskagh More, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Dowd
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Flaskagh More, Co. Galway