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School: Stoneyford, Thomastown (roll number 3029)

Location:
Stonyford, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Finghín Mac Íobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0849, Page 008

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    the cream. Then he had no grass for the cow, and he put the cow up on the top of the house to eat the grass.
    He tied a string to the cow's leg and put it down through the chimney and caught it in his hand. As the cow was walking around she pulled the man up the chimney. Then the string broke and the man fell down into the fire, and was badly burned. After this he never grumbled about the work he had to do in the fields.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1408: The Man who Does his Wife's Work
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Norelands House, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    James Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Norelands House, Co. Kilkenny