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   “A miserly farmer who lived near Mitchelstown hired a man to work for him.”

   

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   The labourer was with him for a considerable time an was receiving a few shillings now and then. He thought he would never be paid. One day he thought of a plan, and started to throw a small lump of coal into the farmer's well every day. At the end of the month he had about a bag of coal in the well. He got the offer of a better job elsewhere. One night the farmer sent him out for a bucket of water for the supper. He went and scooped up a bucket of coal and handed it to the farmer and said "Begor you have a coal mine in the well. The farmer went out and took a big bucket from the well. Then he called his wife and said to her "Pull out the stocking Kate and give this poor man a pound for every week he worked for us" and here is a pound for the road me good man and don't tell anyone" said the farmer.

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rosemary Cronin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Ballymakeagh Beg, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Timothy Cronin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ballymakeagh Beg, Co. Cork