School: Ballinree, Nenagh (roll number 15560)

Location:
Ballinree, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Patrick Ahern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0536, Page 201

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  1. There lived once upon a time a man by the name of john and he had a son and his name was john also. This man worked with a king. He could not control the boy however and complained him to the king who said to send him to him. Jack came to the king. Jack was noted to be a great burglar. The king said that he would have him put to death if he had'nt a horse that was guarded in the kings stable at his door at seven o'clock in the mourning.
    Off went Jack and bought two bottles of whiskey. He put one in each pocket of his overcoat and came to the stable at midnight where he saw two soldiers guarding the door. He pretended to be drunk and the soldiers let him in to lay down and the guards stole the whiskey they drank it and got drunk. They slept and Jack got the horse. When he saw the King next morning he was looking puzzled. You are a good boy Jack but there is yet another job. It is to take a pair of horses from the ploughman when he is ploughing.
    Jack got two rabbits and broke one of each of their leg's he let them out across the ploughman. Away goes the man after the rabbits and over the ditch, and into the next field. Jack came out of the ditch and unyoked the horses and galloped into the King's
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    Folktales index
    AT1525: The Master Thief
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Shanahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmore, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Josephine Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymackey, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Patrick Shanahan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lisnamoe, Co. Tipperary