School: Killeigh

Location:
Killeigh, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
T. Mac Amhalghaidh
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    each. The poor man was charmed and bought one. As he was going home, he stopped to light his pipe, and he laid the bladder down on a bush. A thorn stuck in it and it burst and let a big shot, and a hare ran out of the bush. The man was sure that it was a little horse, and he ran as hard as he could and called "Wo - Wo" but he went so quickly he could not get near him. So he said, If you had come to your proper age, you would have been a right one.
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  2. each. The poor man was charmed and bought one. As he was going home he stopped to light his pipe, and he laid the bladder down on a bush. A thorn stuck in it and it burst and let a big shot, and a hare ran out of the bush. The man was sure that it was a little horse, and he ran as hard as he could and called "Wo - Wo" but he went so quickly he could not get near him. So he said, If you had come to your proper age, you would have been a right one.

    There was a king one time and he had a boy working with him whose name was Sam. The king was going to leave his palace and he told the boy that he was going. He told Sam
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    Folktales index
    AT0922: The Shepherd Substituting for the Priest Answers the King's Questions
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Dunne
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Fenton Kirwan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinvally, Co. Offaly