School: Tobar (B.)

Location:
Tober, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
C. Ó Maoltuile
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  1. 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.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. jokes (~6,086)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Cornally
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloghatanny, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Katie Nestor
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Occupation
    Farmer's daughter
    Address
    Cloghatanny, Co. Offaly
  2. 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.
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  3. Once upon a time a man went to Dublin. He was named John Molloy. He was going to a
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