School: Goirtín

Location:
Gorteen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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  1. Humorous Stories.
    There lived a man once who wanted to get his son married. He had a sheep skin in the house and he gave it to his son. He told him to go along until he would meet a girl that would give him the skin back and the price of it. He met a girl and she took the skin from him. She took the wool off the skin and paid him for the wool and gave back the skin. When he went home his father told him that she would have to be his bride.
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  2. There lived an old woman and her son. Her son would not do anything she told him to do. He would stay out at night until 1 a.m. One night he stayed out. He was seen by a guard and was summoned and put to jail for two months on hard labour.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Griffin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Jack Griffin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Galway
  3. There used to be a man going to visit every night and no one knew where he was going. A certain night, when he was going,
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