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School: Baile Deasún (C.)

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Ballydesmond, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0358, Page 570

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  1. The Magic Parsnip

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    There was a man long ago and he had a kiln. He filled it with earth and he set a parsnip in it. It grew so big that it filled the kiln. He had a sow pig that was in-young and the pig went away and could not be found. After three months she came back with ten fat pigs after living in the parsnip.
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    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT1960D: The Great Vegetable
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Roche
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carriganes, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Roche (Senior)
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carriganes, Co. Cork