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School: An Clochán (B)

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Clifden, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An Br. Angelo Mac Shámhais
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  1. The Wizard's Revenge

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    Long ago there lived in Clifden a man who was very fond of playing the fiddle. There lived a wizard next to the house where the fiddler lived. Every night after the fiddler came home from work he used to start playing the fiddle and used not stop until about three o clock in the morning.
    The wizard did not like this so he went to the fiddler and asked him to stop playing the fiddle in the night time but the fiddler would not hear of it. When
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John J. Joyce
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Melody
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    66
    Address
    Clifden, Co. Galway