Scoil: Ráth an Bharraigh, Clanna Caoilte (uimhir rolla 9067)

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1. The Three Beggars (ar lean)

   

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   pooled their alms together and bought a wether to eat. The question then arose as to where the wether should be killed. The Milltown beggar said it should be killed at Milltown. The Ardfield beggar said it should be killed at Ardfield, and the Donour beggar swore that it would be killed in no other place but Dunour.
   Then the fight began between them and the blows could be heard all over the fair but it ended in a draw for no one of them was too strong for the other. The Baron of the fair was then called upon to arbitrate and he said he would give judgement to the eldest of the three.
   The Milltown beggar swore that he was the eldest. "When I was a young boy" said he "my father bought me a cargo of knives and forks. I sold none, I broke none, and I gave none away and this is all that is left of my cargo" So saying he showed an old knife and fork which was worn to the handle from use. The Ardfield beggar swore that he was the eldest. "When I was a young lad" said he "my father bought me a shipload of scissors, I sold none

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   Stair Athraigh

   Innéacs seanscéalta

   AT1950: The Three Lazy Ones

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mrs Mary Spillane

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Aois

   83

   Seoladh

   Kilkeran, Co. Cork