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School: Ballyfin, Mountrath (roll number 15537)

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Ballyfin, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seosamh Mac Giolla Fhionáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 178

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    brought it home the other man became angry when he saw his pet mouse with no cap. So that night he killed him and the mouse.
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    “A man had an old cow and it died.”

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    A man had an old cow and it died. He pulled the skin off the cow and let it dry. Then he put a lot of three-penny bits in the skin. He went off to the fair and he took an ash-plant. As soon as he got there he started to shout in the street. All the people gathered round him
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Folktales index
    AT1539: Cleverness and Gullibility
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Reilly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ockanaroe, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Edward Russell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfin, Co. Laois