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1. An Old Story

   

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   Long ago there lived a man who had a boy that was very wild and full of mischief One day the landlord told his guardian that he must teach him to become a robber. A few days after the pair of them set out to find a master to teach the boy to become a robber. A few days after the pair of them set out to find a master to teach the boy to become a robber. They had not gone far when they met two gentlemen on horseback. The gentlemen inquired where they were going "Oh" said the man "I may have to go a long way I am searching for a master to teach the boy to be a robber." "Put him on the horse behind me and I'll soon find him a master" said one of them. His father did so and returned home again
   The gentlemen who turned out to be robbers themselves brought the boy a long way until they came to a house. They put the boy in through a small window and told him to gather all the valuables he could into a small sack. The boy did so and when he was finished he could not get out again. He went up through the house and he found a bullock's head and hide He put this round him and began rattling the pots and pans with the tongs. This wakened

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ellie Leary

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan

   Informant

   Mr Samuel Armstrong

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   87

   Address

   Lisnalee, Co. Monaghan