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1. The Woman without Sense (continued)

   

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   The man went off in front as he was angry; and the woman took the door on her shoulders and dragged it on with her. At first when the man heard the noise he began to run, and after a while he looked back and waited for her. They kept on walking until night until they reached a wood, they put the door on the tree and slept on it that night. About three oclock there came three robbers to the foot of the tree and lighted their fire, and began counting their gold as they had a bag full of it. The man and woman awoke and she began peeping down at the robbers and finally she reached out too far over the edge and tumbled down on top of the robbers. They thought it was a ghost and ran for their lives and forgot to bring the bag of gold with them. One of the robbers came back for the bag of "Gold" and the woman was sitting on the bag. The robber said "Give me the bag of Gold" and the woman said to him "Put out your tongue". He put out his tongue and she cut the top of it off and he ran through the wood roaring

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   History Edit

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   AT1653: The Robbers under the Tree

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Leonna M. Ní Ghafraid

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Stralongford, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Seán Goulden

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   65

   Occupation

   Feirmeoir

   Address

   Altakeeran, Co. Leitrim