School: Ladhar an Chrompáin (roll number 14998)

Location:
Lyracrumpane, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0407, Page 449

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    There were two boys who robbed an orchard and they said they would divide them in the graveyard.

    There were two boys who robbed an orchard and they said they would divide them in the graveyard. A beggar heard them and he thought it was the devil and God counting out the good and bad people. He went for a guard and the two stopped at the gate listening. The boys were counting the apples and saying "I'll have this one and you can have that one". They had lost two apples at the gate and when they came to the end of the heap, one said, "You can have those two and I'll take the two at the gate". The two men became afraid and they ran away, because they thought it was they themselves that were at the gate of Hell.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
      2. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Siobhán Nic Ghionádh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glashananoon, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Patrick Enright
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Glashananoon, Co. Kerry
  2. Once upon a time a man was digging potatoes in a field in which it was said a Dane was buried beside a large pot of gold. So the man dug with great delight expecting every moment that he would get it for he was very
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