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School: Muclach

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    Composition 29-11-'37
    A Story about a Miller.
    There was a miller one time. His land-lord was going to put him out of his house and place. He begged the land-lord not to put him out. So the land-lord told him if he were able to answer three questions which he was about to ask him on the following Saturday. He would not put him out. So the miller consulted a witty man that lived close by, about what the land-lord had told him and begged of him to go in his place on the day mentioned, the man being much like that of the miller.
    So the miller gave him clothes on the day he was to meet the land-lord
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Folktales index
    AT0922: The Shepherd Substituting for the Priest Answers the King's Questions
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Lily Boylan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Joseph Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Offaly