School: Cúil Mhaoile (Scoil N. Feichín)

Location:
Collooney, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Eachmharcaigh
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    very strange but still he went on and on till he came to the watering trough. Then he say a light over in the fields.
    He went over and on opening the door he saw the neighbours laying out the woman whom he had met on the road. He fainted and when consciousness returned he went home. From that day till the day he died he was never seen out after sunset.
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  2. Once upon a time there was a boy who went to England to earn his living. When he arrived there he procured work with a rich farmer named Mr. Richard Wall who owned a large farm. One day he said to the rich man, "I will own a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1455: The Hard‑hearted Fiancée
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    James Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Kinnagrelly, Co. Sligo