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School: Mainistir Ó dTórna

Location:
Abbeydorney, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Ríoghbhardáin
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    The Man in the Bag
    One day a traveller was going along the road and it happened that he went into a certain house and on his coming out he took a purse that was on the table. The woman saw him and called him but he ran away.
    After a while he looked at the purse and he counted out a hundred shillings and a hundred pounds so he went away delighted with himself. Somebody or other told the king. So the king put him into a bag and the king and one of his servants set out to drown him in a lake. They went into a shop on the way and the man was inside in the bag and he screeching "I am going to heaven, I am going to heaven", and while they were inside another man hearing him say "I am going to heaven" told him to come out and to leave him-
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nóra Ní Mhórdha
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Pat Moore
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14