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School: Askeaton (B.) (roll number 2039)

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Askeaton, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
D. Mac Eoin
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    The old mans clothes were torn so he went into a shop and bought a suit of clothes and a hat. He had no place to change them, until he came to a stack of hay in a field and he changed them there. He hid the old clothes in the hay with the intention of getting them coming home and then they continued their journey to the wedding.
    When they had left the hay, a tramp went in and got the clothes and it was not long until he had them on him. Then he went about his business. The old man's wife was expecting him home the next night. About nine o'clock she was standing at the door when she saw a man with a black suit and a hard hat coming in and she thought it was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    Folktales index
    AT1792A: The Priest's Pig
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Nestor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Milltown North, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Michael Nestor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    18
    Address
    Milltown North, Co. Limerick