School: Ráth an Bharraigh, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 9067)

Location:
Castlefreke, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Grífín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0316, Page 007

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0316, Page 007

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  1. Once upon a time two young men were coming home from work and they found a big sum of money on the road. They divided it between them and went on their way until they came to a big cross. There they began to argue as to which of them would have the most money. They had two spades and one of them struck the other with his own spade and knocked him on the ground. The man that was down asked the other man to spare his life and that he could take the money. He then got up and pulled a bunch of ferns and he said
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT0780: The Singing Bone
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Tim Hurley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Ganniv Beg, Co. Cork