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School: Muine Dubh (Moneyduff) (roll number 9222)

Location:
Moneyduff, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádhraic Ó Heádhra
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    it out and left it with the servant at the gate, she came back for the other child and carried it out and left it with the servant at the gate also. So she came back into the house again, the gentleman was watching her for the whole time and he thought that it was for a load of gold that she was coming this time. So she said to him "get up on my back now, you are the third load," and he said to her "bring back the two children sure I might as well live here as go away with you." So she brought back the children then and they lived happy every after.
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    Once upon a time long ago there was an Irish soldier who left the regiment and went through the country as a tramp. He walked until he came to a house and here he was told he would be given £100 if he could stay in a haunted house till morning. He agreed, so he was led to the house, a dog a cat left with him for company and food for both. But no other company could he have but the animals. He sat at the fire till midnight. At midnight soot fell down the chimney "dam that soot" said the soldier then a voice spoke out of the chimney. "Will you fight a duel" said the voice, "I will" said the soldier. Then a man appeared at the fire, and the fought and fought until at last the soldier cut the head off
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0326: The Youth Who Wanted to Learn What Fear Is
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Mc Sharry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Hugh Mc Sharry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Mullagh, Co. Leitrim