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   there was a pub in Urney and they paid it a visit and their path home was through the grave-yard to take a boat for Rivory. One of them was on his way before the rest of his comrades and fell into a new grave and fell asleep and the dust fell down into his eyes. When his comrades afterwards came, they were afraid. One of them asked what time of night was it. The man awoke and put his head up and said it must be one o'clock. They all ran as they thought it was a ghost. When the man got up he could not see. It was raining and he groped his way under a tomb-stone. He was not long there when the cats came and asked who would tell the story to night. Who would tell the story only old Grandma the best story-teller of us all, she said there is a rich man's daughter very bad and all the Doctors in the Kingdom are attending her and there is nothing will cure her, only three bottles of water, out of a well, that is under a rush-bush, that is in that three cornered field outside the grave-yard and the man that is lucky enough to pull a rush out of the centre, the well will spring up, so now ye know where we have to go to night. So now the man got up and groped his way in search of the rush bush, and found it. And he pulled a rush out of the centre and up sprang the well and cleaned his eyes. So he filled his bottles and cured the lady, so they got married and lived happy ever after. They were

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Folktales index

   AT0613: The Two Travelers (Truth and Falsehood)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bennie Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   James Kelly

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Inishmore, Co. Cavan