School: Tobar (B.)
- Location:
- Tober, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ó Maoltuile
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- There was once a man who wished to get married. He invited three girls to a big dinner. The first girl ate too much and the second girl ate too much but the third ate very little. He married this girl.
- Collector
- Joseph Cornally
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloghatanny, Co. Offaly
- Informant
- Katie Nestor
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Farmer's daughter
- Address
- Cloghatanny, Co. Offaly
- There was once a man by the name of Joseph Murray. He said that he caught a leipreachán in a trap. He brought him in and put him on a hot griddle. He believed he would tell him were the gold was.
There was also a man named Patrick Gorman who followed the moon from Tinnymuck to Ballycumber, thinking he would catch it. - Once upon a time a man went to Dublin. He was named John Molloy. He was going to a(continues on next page)
