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1. An Gobán Saor (continued)

   

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   he explained about the skin and its value so she took the skin and plucked the wood off the skin an gave him the skin and its value.
   Then he went home and told his father, and his father said that he should get married to that girl and they got married shortly after. Then they departed to build the castle of the King the last advise he got from his wife was to keep good friends with the maids of the house.
   They started to work and it was not long until the castle was very near finished and it was the finest castle in the world he told the King that there was a small finishing touch he could not finish it without a article he had athome. Then the Goban Saor said that he would send his son home for it the King said that he would send his own son for it but to tell him the name of the name article so the Goban said to ask his daughter-in-law for crooked-against-crooke- and wrong against wrong so when he went to Gobans house she at once understood the meaning of the meaning of the message and she told him it was in a big box but he would have to reach down to get it and when he bent over the edge of the box she came from behind and threw him headlong into the box she said he will

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
         1. Gobán Saor (~181)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán P. Ua Clúmhain

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Liss, Co. Kerry

   Informant

   Máire Bean Uí Catasaig

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Bean feirmeora

   Address

   Liss, Co. Kerry