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   Once upon a time there was a king and he was enchanted.
   He used to kill all his servants because they would not have annything in the time he would give them.
   One day a man came to him and said he would go to work for him.
   The king told him to go out and clean a byre that never was clean before.
   So he began to clean it and every graip-full of manure he would throw it would come back again.
   So after a while there came a lady to him and threw out a graip-full of manure and then he was able to throw out all the manure.
   The nest thing he had to do was to go out to the field and catch a horse that never was caught before.
   He was running round the field after the horse and he depaired of the lady coming back. At last she came and gave him a whistle.
   When he blew the whistle the horse came up beside him and he caught it and he brought it in.
   The king got a big surprise because he did not know how he was doing these things

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Owen Mc Cabe

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Latnadronagh, Co. Cavan