School: Killorglin (C.) (roll number 12833)

Location:
Killorglin, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Úna Nic Coluin
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    Once upon a time there was a man called the "Gobán Saor".

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    to let him go because he wanted to kill the "Góbán Saor" when he had the building erected. So the king said he would send his own son for it. When the king's son was going, the "Góbán Saor" told him to tell his wife that the tools was in the chest behind the door, and its name was "Cam agus Díreach." The king's son went to the house, and asked the Góbán's wife for the tool. The latter was very clever and she told the king's son to stoop into the chest and he would find the tool. When he stooped, she overbalanced him and
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    Folktales index
    AT0875: The Clever Peasant Girl
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Luineacháin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Laharan, Co. Kerry