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1. Tamáisín the Sparkle-Smith of Hell (continued)

   

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   was completed, the old man came home, and Tamaisin went away with his new master. When the old man reached home Joan was lamenting her fine boy, but the old man said. "Hould your apron, woman, and don't be olagoning". And with that he poured twenty gold sovereigns into her apron. 'Twas all gold they had that time.

   When the year and a day were up, the father set off to the place where he parted with Tamisin, and there he met him with his master. He hired Tomaisin out again to be an apprentice to his master, but this time he got forty soverigns for him, for the year and a day. When that time was up, the father went off again to meet his son and his master, and when they met, Tamaisin gave his father a hint that he was to ask a big fee for him for the third term. So he did, and he got one hundred gold sovereigns for him for the next year and a day.

   When that time was up, Tamaisin came home for good, and after a time at home, he set out to seek his fortune, now that he had his trade off. At this stage Mr. O'Neill said, "He had many great adventures, he had to go to the "Well of Worltons". (I think properly "Well of the world's end. D.O.C.) for two bottles of water.

   He is helped in this by a crow from the rookery in Croom (Obviously an attempt by the seancairde of half-a-century ago to give the story local colouring, for Mr. O'Neill visited that so he heard it D.O.C.) The crow was a son of

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   P. O Neill

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   56

   Address

   Singland, Co. Limerick