School: Mullach na Sídhe (B.) (roll number 15425)

Location:
Fairymount, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Dubhthaigh
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    The maid gave it to her and she ran to the pawn shop and pawned it for two pound. She came back to the Church and gave the two pound to the priest which she had got for the coat. The the priest married them. When the Tinker and his wife were leaving the Church Mrs. Tinker handed him the pawn ticket and told the priest any time he felt cold he could go fetch his coat.
    I got this story from an old man called Tom Casserly, Fairymount
    Pronnsias Ó Ríagán
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  2. There was once a lad and he was never in town before. So one day he went there with his father. He was a long time looking at the shop windows and afterwords he saw a load of turnips that
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1319: Pumpkin Sold as an Ass's Egg
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Seosamh O Giobhlain
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Pat Garvey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    89
    Address
    Kilgarve, Co. Roscommon