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1. Story of a Smith

   

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   Long ago a Smith lived near Castleisland, by the name of Leary. When he set up there there was no one living with him, but his mother. Then he got married and his wife's mother came living with his own mother, and the two old women were always fighting. Shortly after his getting married, a journey-man smith came in search of work to his forge, and he gave him a job. He was not long working with him when he asked him, if the women were always fighting like that, and the

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   AT0753: Christ and the Smith

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John P. Brosnan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knockdown, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Mr John Brosnan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Knocknagashel, Co. Kerry