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School: Mullach Dubh

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Lisgorman, Co. Leitrim
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Pádhraic Ó Blioscáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0203, Page 157

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    road for him. The son said he could not do so, so the Gobán told him to go home. When he returned to his wife she asked him what was the matter and he told her that his father sent him home because he could not "shorten the road". His wife told him to tell him some wonderful story about things that never happened story about things that never happened. At this the young man set out again, and soon overtook his father, and did as his wife told him. He started to tell a wonderful story and they found until they were at the end of their journey
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Gobán Saor (~181)
    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Patricia Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Flynn
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    49
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim