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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

Location:
Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 395

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  1. Funny Story - The Foolish Woman (continued)

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    the cow's neck, and put the other end of it down the chimney, and then tied it around her wrist so that she could prevent the cow from falling off the roof.
    The cow however losing her grip fell from the roof pulling the old woman half way up the chimney. The woman was afterwards found by a young man who came in to light his pipe.
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  2. A Funny Story

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    A Funny Story
    Once a man was caught stealing his master's gold. He was brought before his master who said that he would give him a chance on certain conditions. Next day a man was to go to plough in a field nearby. He was to have a man on either side of and one [or] behind him to guard the horses.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1525: The Master Thief
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Tiernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    William Tiernan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Kildare