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School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)

Location:
Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 023

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  1. Story - The Magic Stick

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    Once upon a time there was a little boy living with his mother and they got very poor. The boy went off to earn for himself and his mother. When he came as far as this house he took lodgings for one night and then set off again. He came as far as another house and the woman that was in the house gave him work for a quarter of a year.
    The boy worked n he was coming home at the end of his quarter he got a hen that would lay
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0563: The Table, the Ass, and the Stick
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rappareehill, Co. Longford
    Informant
    William Dooris
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Rappareehill, Co. Longford