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Siobhán, Bean Uí Dholáin
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  1. A Story on a Man and a Fox

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    There was once a man cutting a tree in the wood and a fox came along and he asked the man could he hide behind the tree that the hunters were coming to kill him and the man told him he could.
    When the hunters came they asked the man did he see any fox. He shook his head but he wanted to please the hunters and he pointed with his thumb. The hunters did not understand him and they went away.
    When the hunters were gone the fox came out and went away. The man said "you are a mean fellow that would not thank me for letting you hide behind the tree". The fix said "I would have thanked you if you were as good with your hand as you were with your head".
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eveleen Duggan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrownageeha, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Michael Duggan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Carrownageeha, Co. Galway