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School: Cor na Marbh (roll number 10222)

Location:
Cornamarve, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Eibhlín (Ní) Irbhin
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    Long ago there lived a cruel King who proposed to kill all the old people who were in the country. The person who could tell the most ridiculous story would be allowed to go free again. There lived an old man who was afraid that he would be killed so his son hid him in a great cave at
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0852: The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, “That is a Lie.”
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jack Forbes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gubaderry, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Bertie Stuart
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gubaderry, Co. Leitrim