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School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

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Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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    “An old farmer and his wife lived near a ford on the Shannon.”

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    she gave him a push from behind. In the poor man fell and he was drowned.
    After that, she went on with the farm work, but now when she came home in the evenings there was no fire on the hearth, nor no dinner ready, nor no house work done.
    "Ah Seumas" said she "as bad as it was to have you, it is seven times worse to be without you."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1408: The Man who Does his Wife's Work
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Gorman
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    85
    Address
    Jamestown, Co. Leitrim