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School: An Clochar, Cara Droma Ruisc

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Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim / Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. Emerentia
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0209, Page 433

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    the man's bullock jumped it and he said "I don't care if I had to walk from Dublin that's a good jump for a bullock." The moment he spoke he found himself in the middle of County Cavan and it took him three days to come home.
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    Labhra, a King who lived in Ireland long ago had horse's ears. Naturally he was very much ashamed of them, and so, whenever he appeared in public he wore a long hood which covered them completely.
    Once a year a man was chosen by lot and ordered to cut the King's hair. Immediately
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0782: Midas and the Ass's Ears
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Noone
    Gender
    Female