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   “Once upon a time a man went out to plough with his horses and when he had two scribes ploughed he had to take out his....”

   

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   Once upon a time a man went out to plough with his horses and when he had two scribes ploughed he had to take out his with thunder and lighting. When he went home his boss asked him what was on him and the ploughman told him his trouble. The next morning he went out to plough as usual and when he had about fiftheen scribes ploughed he met a tin in the groound and the horses stopped the man was surprised when he saw the box. So his boss came up in great surprise when the ploughman pulled up his box of soverings out of the ground. He did not live comfortably very long. He told all the people he found the gold box of soverings. After a while the landlords took it from him and only gave him five pounds out of it all and the man like a fool could be rich for life if he did not open his

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Keane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Sheepstown, Co. Westmeath

   Informant

   James Dugdale

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cavestown and Rosmead, Co. Westmeath